Judges 16:17:10Judg.16.17.W10TAB
אֲנִ֖י
ani
“I am”
- Transliteration
- a-NI
- Extended
- ah-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔăˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I am
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-NI
- clause
va-yag-GED-la et-kol-lib-BO va-yo-MER LA mo-RA lo-a-LA al-ro-SHI ki-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM a-NI mi-BE-ten i-MI
- sentence
va-yag-GED-la et-kol-lib-BO va-yo-MER LA mo-RA lo-a-LA al-ro-SHI ki-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM a-NI mi-BE-ten i-MI im-gul-LAKH-ti ve-SAR mi-ME-ni kho-KHI ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti ke-khol-ha-a-DAM
In context — Judges 16:17
And he told her all his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I am a Nazirite of God from my mother’s womb; if I am shaved, then my strength would leave me, and I would become weak and be like any other man.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:17:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 16:17, so the Hebrew word אֲנִ֖י (ani) 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.16.17.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.17.W10.S1) and character.