Jonah 2:4:1Jonah.2.4.W1TABWLC Jonah 2:5

וַאֲנִ֣י

vaani

and I

Transliteration
va-a-NI
Extended
vah-ah-NEE
IPA
/vaʔăˈniː/

Meaning by language

English
and I

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Result
וַ + אֲ + נִ֣י
va + a + ni
vaani

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-a-NI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-a-NI a-MAR-ti

  3. sentence

    va-a-NI a-MAR-ti nig-RASH-ti mi-NE-ged E-ne-KHA AKH o-SIF le-ha-BIT el-he-KHAL KAD-she-KHA

Exegesis

The verse begins with the conjunction and pronoun va'ani {וַֽאֲנִי | vaʾănî} ‘and I’, placing Jonah’s perspective at the fore.

In contextJonah 2:4

And I said, “I am cast out from before Your eyes; yet I will again look toward Your holy temple .”

About this coordinate

Jonah 2:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jonah 2:4, so the Hebrew word וַאֲנִ֣י (vaani) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Jonah.2.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.2.4.W1.S1) and character.