לִי֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לִי֙

   LI

   to me
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּנְתַתֶּ֨ם אַתֶּ֥ם לִי֙

   u-ne-tat-TEM a-TEM LI

   then you shall give you to me
3. clause🔊 וְאִם־לֹ֣א תוּכְלוּ֮ לְהַגִּ֣יד לִי֒ וּנְתַתֶּ֨ם אַתֶּ֥ם לִי֙ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים סְדִינִ֔ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים חֲלִיפ֣וֹת בְּגָדִ֑ים

   ve-IM-LO tu-khe-LU le-ha-GID LI u-ne-tat-TEM a-TEM LI she-lo-SHIM se-di-NIM u-she-lo-SHIM kha-li-FOT be-ga-DIM

   and if not you are able to tell to me then you shall give you to me thirty linen garments and thirty changes garments
4. sentence🔊 וְאִם־לֹ֣א תוּכְלוּ֮ לְהַגִּ֣יד לִי֒ וּנְתַתֶּ֨ם אַתֶּ֥ם לִי֙ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים סְדִינִ֔ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים חֲלִיפ֣וֹת בְּגָדִ֑ים וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ ל֔וֹ ח֥וּדָה חִידָתְךָ֖ וְנִשְׁמָעֶֽנָּה׃

   ve-IM-LO tu-khe-LU le-ha-GID LI u-ne-tat-TEM a-TEM LI she-lo-SHIM se-di-NIM u-she-lo-SHIM kha-li-FOT be-ga-DIM va-yo-me-RU LO khu-DA khi-dat-KHA ve-nish-ma-E-na

   and if not you are able to tell to me then you shall give you to me thirty linen garments and thirty changes garments and they said to him put forth your riddle and we will hear it

Exegesis

The hiphil infinitive construct le-haggid {לְהַגִּיד | lə-haggīd} ‘to declare’ takes li {לִי | lī} as its indirect object.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ח־ל־ףChet–Lamed–Pe

“to change, exchange”

• 🔊 חָלַףḥālafto change, passJob 14:7