Psalm 13:4:2Ps.13.4.W2TABWLC Psalms 13:5

אֹיְבִי

oyevi

my enemy

Transliteration
o-ye-VI
Extended
oh-yeh-VEE
IPA
/ʔoː.jəˈviː/

Meaning by language

English
my enemy

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֹ + יְ + בִי
o + ye + vi
oyevi

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    o-ye-VI

  2. sentence

    pen-yo-MAR o-ye-VI ye-KHAL-TI-v tsa-RAI ya-GI-lu KI e-MOT

Root and etymology

Rootaleph–yod–bet

be hostile

In contextPsalm 13:4

Otherwise my enemy will say, “I have prevailed over him,” and my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken .

About this coordinate

Psalm 13:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Psalm 13:4, so the Hebrew word אֹיְבִי (oyevi) 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 Ps.13.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.13.4.W2.S1) and character.