לִֽי׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לִֽי׃

   LI

   to me
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹֽא־הִגִּ֥יד לִֽי׃

   LO-hi-GID LI

   he did not tell to me
3. clause🔊 וְלֹ֤א שְׁאִלְתִּ֙יהוּ֙ אֵֽי־מִזֶּ֣ה ה֔וּא וְאֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ לֹֽא־הִגִּ֥יד לִֽי׃

   ve-LO she-il-TI-ye-hu EI-mi-ZE HU ve-ET-she-MO LO-hi-GID LI

   and not I asked him where from he is and his name he did not tell to me
4. sentence🔊 וַתָּבֹ֣א הָאִשָּׁ֗ה וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לְאִישָׁהּ֮ לֵאמֹר֒ אִ֤ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים֙ בָּ֣א אֵלַ֔י וּמַרְאֵ֕הוּ כְּמַרְאֵ֛ה מַלְאַ֥ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים נוֹרָ֣א מְאֹ֑ד וְלֹ֤א שְׁאִלְתִּ֙יהוּ֙ אֵֽי־מִזֶּ֣ה ה֔וּא וְאֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ לֹֽא־הִגִּ֥יד לִֽי׃

   va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA va-to-MER le-i-SHAH le-MOR ISH ha-e-lo-HIM BA E-lai u-mar-E-hu ke-mar-E mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM no-RA me-OD ve-LO she-il-TI-ye-hu EI-mi-ZE HU ve-ET-she-MO LO-hi-GID LI

   and she came the woman and she said to her husband saying a man of God came to me and his appearance like the appearance of an angel of God fearful very and not I asked him where from he is and his name he did not tell to me

Exegesis

lohigid li {וְלֹא שְׁאִלְתִּ֙יהוּ … לֹא־הִגִּ֥יד לִֽי | wə-lōʾ šə-ʾil-tē-hû … lōʾ-higgîḏ lī} form a double negative that underscores the speaker’s lack of information. The English rendering preserves Hebrew clause order, emphatic simile, and narrative progression.

Root and etymology

p-l-ʾ🔊 פ־ל־אpe–lamed–aleph

“to be marvelous”