אִמִּ֑י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִמִּ֑י

   i-MI

   of my mother
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִבֶּ֣טֶן אִמִּ֑י

   mi-BE-ten i-MI

   from the womb of my mother
3. clause🔊 וַיַּגֶּד־לָ֣הּ אֶת־כָּל־לִבּ֗וֹ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהּ֙ מוֹרָה֙ לֹֽא־עָלָ֣ה עַל־רֹאשִׁ֔י כִּֽי־נְזִ֧יר אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֲנִ֖י מִבֶּ֣טֶן אִמִּ֑י

   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

   and he told her all his heart and he said to her a razor has not come up upon my head for a Nazirite of God I am from the womb of my mother
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּגֶּד־לָ֣הּ אֶת־כָּל־לִבּ֗וֹ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהּ֙ מוֹרָה֙ לֹֽא־עָלָ֣ה עַל־רֹאשִׁ֔י כִּֽי־נְזִ֧יר אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֲנִ֖י מִבֶּ֣טֶן אִמִּ֑י אִם־גֻּלַּ֙חְתִּי֙ וְסָ֣ר מִמֶּ֣נִּי כֹחִ֔י וְחָלִ֥יתִי וְהָיִ֖יתִי כְּכָל־הָאָדָֽם׃

   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

   and he told her all his heart and he said to her a razor has not come up upon my head for a Nazirite of God I am from the womb of my mother if I am shaved then it will depart from me my strength and I will become weak and I will be like any man

Exegesis

The construct chain mi-betên immî {מִבֶּ֣טֶן אִמִּ֑י | mi-betên ʾimmî} “from my mother’s womb” highlights lifelong dedication.