Leviticus 18:4:7Lev.18.4.W7TAB
אֲנִ֖י
ani
“I”
- Transliteration
- a-NI
- Extended
- ah-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔaˈni/
Meaning by language
- English
- I
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-NI
- clause
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
- sentence
et-mish-pa-TAI ta-a-SU veh-et-khoo-koh-TAI tish-me-RU la-LE-khet ba-HEM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
Exegesis
The covenant formula ʾă-nî Yəhō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵem {אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | ʾă-nî Yəhō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵem} ‘I am the LORD your God’ employs the first-person pronoun and divine names in an emphatic independent clause, grounding the commands in divine authority. The English preserves these patterns by maintaining parallel imperatives and rendering the Hebrew infinitive of purpose as a natural participial phrase.
In context — Leviticus 18:4
You shall do my judgments and you shall keep my statutes, to walk in them. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 18:4, so the Hebrew word אֲנִ֖י (ani) 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 Lev.18.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.4.W7.S1) and character.