Proverbs 30:2:7Prov.30.2.W7TAB
לִֽי׃
li
“to me”
- Transliteration
- LI
- Extended
- LEE
- IPA
- /ˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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
a-DAM LI
- clause
ve-LO-bi-NAT a-DAM LI
- sentence
KI BA-ar a-no-KHI me-ISH ve-LO-bi-NAT a-DAM LI
Exegesis
The suffix li {לִי | lî} ‘to me’ personalizes the deficiency. This two-part structure of comparative admission followed by negation forms a concise parallelism that underscores humble self-assessment.
Root and etymology
y-k-ḥ
“rebuke”
In context — Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and I do not have the understanding of a man.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 30:2, so the Hebrew word לִֽי׃ (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 Prov.30.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.2.W7.S1) and character.