Judges 13:18:8Judg.13.18.W8TAB
לִשְׁמִ֑י
lishmi
“for my name”
- Transliteration
- lish-MI
- Extended
- lihsheh-MEE
- IPA
- /liʃˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for my name
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lish-MI
- phraseyour reading level
tish-AL lish-MI
- clause
va-YO-mer LO mal-EKH Ye-ho-VAH la-MA ZE tish-AL lish-MI
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO mal-EKH Ye-ho-VAH la-MA ZE tish-AL lish-MI ve-HU-pe-LI
Exegesis
Lishmî {לִשְׁמִ֑י | lišmî} ‘for my name’ combines the lamed prefix of purpose with a pronominal suffix.
In context — Judges 13:18
And the messenger of the LORD said to him, “Why do you ask for my name? For it is wonderful .”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 13:18, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁמִ֑י (lishmi) 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 Judg.13.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.18.W8.S1) and character.