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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
A-sa-LI
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER A-sa-LI KEN e-e-SE-lo
- clause
al-to-MAR ka-a-SHER A-sa-LI KEN e-e-SE-lo
- 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 context — Proverbs 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.