Leviticus 26:21:7Lev.26.21.W7TAB

לִ֑י

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

    lish-MO-ah LI

  3. clause

    veh-im-tel-KHOO ihm-MEE KE-ri veh-LO toh-VOO lish-MO-ah LI

  4. sentence

    veh-im-tel-KHOO ihm-MEE KE-ri veh-LO toh-VOO lish-MO-ah LI veh-ya-SAF-ti ah-LEI-khem ma-KAH SHE-va keh-kha-toh-TEE-khem

Exegesis

The sequence velo toavvu lishmoa li {וְלֹא תֹאבּוּ לִשְׁמֹעַ לִי | wə-lōʾ tōʾabbū lišmōaʿ lî} ‘and are not willing to listen to me’ uses a negated imperfect plus infinitive construct to express stubborn refusal.

Root and etymology

RootAleph, Lamed, Lamed

worthless things

In contextLeviticus 26:21

And if you walk with Me in hostility , and are not willing to listen to Me, then I will add upon you a blow seven times according to your sins.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 26:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 26:21, so the Hebrew word לִ֑י (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 Lev.26.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.26.21.W7.S1) and character.