Judges 16:6:5Judg.16.6.W5TAB

לִ֔י

li

to me

Transliteration
LI
Extended
LEE
IPA
/ˈliː/

Meaning by language

English
to me

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    LI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-gi-DA-na LI

  3. clause

    va-TO-mer de-li-LA el-shim-sHON ha-gi-DA-na LI ba-ME ko-KHA-kha ga-DOL

  4. sentence

    va-TO-mer de-li-LA el-shim-sHON ha-gi-DA-na LI ba-ME ko-KHA-kha ga-DOL u-va-ME te-a-SER le-a-no-TE-kha

Root and etymology

to pierce, kill

In contextJudges 16:6

And Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me by what means your strength is so great, and by what you can be bound to be afflicted ?”

About this coordinate

Judges 16:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 16:6, so the Hebrew word לִ֔י (li) 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.16.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.6.W5.S1) and character.