Numbers 11:13:2Num.11.13.W2TAB

לִי֙

li

shall I have

Transliteration
li
Extended
LEE
IPA
/liː/

Meaning by language

English
shall I have

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

    mei-A-yin li

  3. clause

    mei-A-yin li ba-SAR la-TET le-KHOL-ha-AM ha-ZEH

  4. sentence

    mei-A-yin li ba-SAR la-TET le-KHOL-ha-AM ha-ZEH ki-yiv-KU a-LAI le-MOR te-NA-la-NU ba-SAR ve-no-KHE-la

Exegesis

The phrase li {לִי֙ | lī} ‘for me’ highlights Moses’s personal burden.

Root and etymology

Rootresh-gimel-lamed

foot

In contextNumbers 11:13

From where can I get meat to give to all these people? For they are weeping over me, saying, “Give us meat and we will eat.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 11:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 11:13, so the Hebrew word לִי֙ (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 Num.11.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.11.13.W2.S1) and character.