Judges 16:28:18Judg.16.28.W18TAB
עֵינַ֖י
enai
“my eyes”
- Transliteration
- e-NAI
- Extended
- ee-NAI
- IPA
- /ʕeːˈnaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my eyes
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
e-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
mish-te e-NAI
- clause
a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI zakh-re-NI NA ve-khaz-ke-NI NA AKH ha-PA-am ha-ZE ha-e-lo-HIM ve-in-na-ke-MA ne-KAM-a-KHAT mish-te e-NAI mi-pe-li-shi-TIM
- sentence
va-yik-RA shim-SHON el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI zakh-re-NI NA ve-khaz-ke-NI NA AKH ha-PA-am ha-ZE ha-e-lo-HIM ve-in-na-ke-MA ne-KAM-a-KHAT mish-te e-NAI mi-pe-li-shi-TIM
Exegesis
The cohortative ve-innakmah {וְאִנָּקְמָה | wəʼinnāqamâ} ‘let me avenge myself’ frames Samson’s desire for divine action, and the construct mishtei einai {מִשְּׁתֵי עֵינַי | miššəṯê ʿênay} ‘for my two eyes’ provides the motive.
Root and etymology
ע־י־ן
“eye”
In context — Judges 16:28
And Samson called to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, only this time, that I may with one vengeance take revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:28:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Judges 16:28, so the Hebrew word עֵינַ֖י (enai) 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.16.28.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.28.W18.S1) and character.