Numbers 23:27:13Num.23.27.W13TAB
לִ֖י
li
“for me”
- Transliteration
- li
- Extended
- LEE
- IPA
- /liː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for 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
ve-ka-BO-to li
- clause
u-LAI yi-shar be-ey-NEI ha-e-lo-HIM ve-ka-BO-to li mi-SHAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM le-KHA-NA ek-ka-kha el-ma-KOM a-KHER u-LAI yi-shar be-ey-NEI ha-e-lo-HIM ve-ka-BO-to li mi-SHAM
Exegesis
The Piel infinitive vekabto {וְקַבֹּתוֹ | wə-qaḇ-ṭô} ‘and curse him’ articulates the intended action, and li misham {לִי מִשָּׁם | li mi-š-šām} ‘for me from there’ marks beneficiary and source. The structure frames Balak’s proposal as contingent on divine sanction.
Root and etymology
’-r-haleph-resh-heh
“to pronounce a curse”
In context — Numbers 23:27
And Balak said to Balaam, “Come now; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will be right in the eyes of God for you to curse them for me from there.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:27:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 23:27, 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 Num.23.27.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.27.W13.S1) and character.