Numbers 14:35:1Num.14.35.W1TAB
אֲנִ֣י
ani
“I”
- Transliteration
- a-NI
- Extended
- a-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔăˈniː/
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
- phraseyour reading level
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH di-bar-TI IM-LO ZOT e-e-SEH le-KHOL-ha-e-DA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ha-no-a-DIM a-LAI
- sentence
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH di-bar-TI IM-LO ZOT e-e-SEH le-KHOL-ha-e-DA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ha-no-a-DIM a-LAI ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH yi-ta-MU ve-SHAM ya-MU-tu
Exegesis
The clause begins with the emphatic verb-subject VSO sequence introduced by the independent pronoun ani {אֲנִי | ʾănî} ‘I’ immediately followed by the divine name YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh} ‘LORD’, foregrounding divine agency.
In context — Numbers 14:35
I, the LORD , have spoken: surely this is what I will do to all this evil congregation that has banded together against Me; in this wilderness they will be finished, and there they will die.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:35, so the Hebrew word אֲנִ֣י (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 Num.14.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.35.W1.S1) and character.