Numbers 3:13:10Num.3.13.W10TAB
לִ֤י
li
“for myself”
- Transliteration
- LI
- Extended
- LEE
- IPA
- /liː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for myself
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
hik-dash-TI LI kol-be-KHOR
- clause
KI LI kol-be-KHOR be-YOM ha-ko-TI kol-be-KHOR be-E-retz mits-RA-yim hik-dash-TI LI kol-be-KHOR be-yis-ra-EL me-a-DAM ad-be-he-MAH
- sentence
KI LI kol-be-KHOR be-YOM ha-ko-TI kol-be-KHOR be-E-retz mits-RA-yim hik-dash-TI LI kol-be-KHOR be-yis-ra-EL me-a-DAM ad-be-he-MAH LI yih-YU a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The repeated prepositional suffix pronoun li {לִי | lī} ‘to Me’ intensifies ownership.
Root and etymology
RootMem–Chet–Lamed
“Mahli’s descendants”
In context — Numbers 3:13
For every firstborn is Mine; on the day that I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for Myself every firstborn in Israel, from human to animal. They shall be Mine. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 3:13, so the Hebrew word לִ֤י (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.3.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.13.W10.S1) and character.