Judges 17:9:7Judg.17.9.W7TAB
לֵוִ֣י
levi
“a Levite”
- Transliteration
- le-VI
- Extended
- lee-VIH
- IPA
- /leːˈvi/
Meaning by language
- English
- a Levite
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-VI
- phraseyour reading level
le-VI a-NO-khi
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LAV le-VI a-NO-khi mib-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA ve-a-NO-khi ho-LEKH la-GUR ba-a-SHER em-TSA
- sentence
va-yo-MER-LO mi-KHA me-A-yin ta-VO va-yo-MER e-LAV le-VI a-NO-khi mib-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA ve-a-NO-khi ho-LEKH la-GUR ba-a-SHER em-TSA
Exegesis
In the reply, the sequence Levi anokhi {לֵוִי אָנֹכִי | Lē-vî ’ā-nō-ḵî} inverts noun and pronoun to emphasize Levitical identity.
Root and etymology
ל־ו־י
“joined one”
In context — Judges 17:9
And Micah asked him, “From where do you come?” And he replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn wherever I may find.”
About this coordinate
Judges 17:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 17:9, so the Hebrew word לֵוִ֣י (levi) 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.17.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.9.W7.S1) and character.