Nehemiah 13:8:2Neh.13.8.W2TAB
לִ֖י
li
“to me”
- Transliteration
- LI
- Extended
- LEE
- IPA
- /ˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to me
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
LI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-RA LI
- clause
va-ye-RA LI me-OD
- sentence
va-ye-RA LI me-OD va-ash-li-KHA et-KAL-ke-LE vet-to-vi-YA ha-KHUTS min-ha-lish-KA
Exegesis
The initial vav-consecutive verb vayera {וַיֵּרַע | wayyērāʿ} ‘it was evil’ introduces a narrative pivot into Nehemiah’s emotional response, with the prepositional phrase li {לִי | li} ‘to me’ and the intensifier meod {מְאֹד | məʾôḏ} ‘very’ foregrounding personal distress.
Root and etymology
Rootkaf–lamed–yod
“vessel”
In context — Nehemiah 13:8
I was very displeased, and I threw out all the household goods of Tobiah outside the chamber.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Nehemiah 13:8, so the Hebrew word לִ֖י (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 Neh.13.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.8.W2.S1) and character.