Leviticus 19:18:8Lev.19.18.W8TAB
אֲנִ֖י
ani
“I”
- Transliteration
- a-NI
- Extended
- ah-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔaˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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-NI
- clause
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
lo-tik-KOM ve-lo-tit-TOR et-be-NEI am-ME-kha ve-a-hav-TA le-re-a-KHA ka-MO-kha a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The closing ani {אֲנִ֖י | ʾǎ-nî́} ‘I am’ and Yəhṓwāh {יְהוָֽה | Yəhṓwāh} ‘LORD’ form a covenant formula that grounds the instructions in divine authority, reinforcing communal harmony through structured parallelism.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-n-y
“poor, afflicted”
In context — Leviticus 19:18
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 19:18, 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.19.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.18.W8.S1) and character.