Leviticus 19:37:10Lev.19.37.W10TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-NI
- clause
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
u-shmar-TEM ET KOL khu-ko-TAI ve-ET KOL mish-pa-TAI va-a-SEE-TEM o-TAM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The closing formula ani {אֲנִי | ʾă-nî} ‘I’ + YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} “am the LORD” asserts divine self-identification and authority, grounding these commands in covenantal decree.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-n-y
“poor, afflicted”
In context — Leviticus 19:37
And you shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and you shall carry them out. I am the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:37:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 19:37, 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.19.37.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.37.W10.S1) and character.