Judges 18:4:6Judg.18.4.W6TAB

לִ֖י

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

    a-SA LI

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer a-le-HEM ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE a-SA LI mi-KHA

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer a-le-HEM ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE a-SA LI mi-KHA va-yis-ke-RE-ni va-e-HI-LO le-kho-HEN

Exegesis

The perfect verb asah {עָשָׂה | ʿāśāh} ‘he did’ with the benefactive li {לִי | lī} ‘for me’ highlights Mikhah’s action.

Root and etymology

k-l-mkaf–lamed–mem

to lack

In contextJudges 18:4

And he said to them, “Such and such has Micah done for me; he has hired me, and I have become his priest .”

About this coordinate

Judges 18:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 18:4, so the Hebrew word לִ֖י (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.18.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.4.W6.S1) and character.