Leviticus 18:5:10Lev.18.5.W10TAB
אֲנִ֖י
anee
“I”
- Transliteration
- a-NEE
- Extended
- ah-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔaˈniː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-NEE
- clause
a-NEE Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
u-sheh-MAR-tem eht-KHUK-koh-TAI veh-eht-mish-pa-TAI a-SHER ya-a-SEH oh-TAM ha-a-DAM wa-KHAI ba-HEM a-NEE Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Finally, the copulative clause ani YHWH {אֲנִי יְהוָה | ʾănî Yə-hō-wāh} asserts divine identity and authority, anchoring the legal structure in covenantal sovereignty.
In context — Leviticus 18:5
And you shall keep my statutes and my judgments, which if a person does them, that person shall live by them. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 18:5, so the Hebrew word אֲנִ֖י (anee) 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.18.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.5.W10.S1) and character.