Proverbs 24:29:3Prov.24.29.W3TAB

עָֽשָׂה־לִ֭י

asali

he did to me

Transliteration
A-sa-LI
Extended
AA-sah-LEE
IPA
/ʕaːˈsaː.liː/

Meaning by language

English
he did to me

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Result
עָֽ + שָׂה + לִ֭י
a + sa + li
asali

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
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

    A-sa-LI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ka-a-SHER A-sa-LI KEN e-e-SE-lo

  3. clause

    al-to-MAR ka-a-SHER A-sa-LI KEN e-e-SE-lo

  4. sentence

    al-to-MAR ka-a-SHER A-sa-LI KEN e-e-SE-lo a-SHIV la-ISH ke-fa-o-LO

Exegesis

The perfect asah-li {עָשָׂה-לִי | ʿāśâh-lî} ‘he did to me’ describes a completed action mirrored by the Hiphil imperfect ashiv {אָשִׁיב | ʾāšîv} ‘I will repay’, indicating future retributive intent.

Root and etymology

ע־ש־ה

to do, perform

In contextProverbs 24:29

Do not say, “Just as he did to me, so I will do to him; I will repay the man according to his work .”

About this coordinate

Proverbs 24:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 24:29, so the Hebrew word עָֽשָׂה־לִ֭י (asali) 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 Prov.24.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.29.W3.S1) and character.