Numbers 23:11:6Num.23.11.W6TAB

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. clause

    va-yo-MER ba-LAK el-bil-AM MEH a-SEE-ta LI

  3. sentence

    va-yo-MER ba-LAK el-bil-AM MEH a-SEE-ta LI la-KOV oy-vai le-kakh-TI-kha ve-hi-NEH be-rakh-TA va-REKH

Exegesis

The interrogative meh {מֶה | mē} ‘what’ introduces an accusatory clause with asita {עָשִׂיתָ | ʿāśî-tā} ‘you have done’ and the dative li {לִי | lī} ‘to me’ forming the object.

Root and etymology

’-r-haleph-resh-heh

to pronounce a curse

In contextNumbers 23:11

And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies , but behold, you have surely blessed them.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 23:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 23:11, 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 Num.23.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.11.W6.S1) and character.