Psalm 17:6:1Ps.17.6.W1TAB
אֲנִֽי־קְרָאתִ֣יךָ
anikreatikha
“I have called you”
- Transliteration
- a-NI-kre-A-ti-kha
- Extended
- a-NEE-kre-AA-tee-khah
- IPA
- /ʔaˈniː.qəraːˈtiːxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have called you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-NI-kre-A-ti-kha
- clause
a-NI-kre-A-ti-kha KI-ta-a-NE-na-NI EL
- sentence
a-NI-kre-A-ti-kha KI-ta-a-NE-na-NI EL hat-AZ-ne-kha LI she-MA im-ra-TI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the emphatic pronoun ani {אֲנִי | ʾă-nî} ‘I’, signaling a personal plea.
The Qal perfect qarātiḵā {קְרָאתִיךָ | qə-rā-ʾ-ṯî-ḵā} expresses the completed action of calling, followed by the conjunction kî {כִֽי | kî} introducing the confident expectation in the Qal imperfect taʿănēnî {תַעֲנֵ֣נִי | ta-ʿă-nē-nî} ‘You will answer me’.
Root and etymology
Rootq-r-ʼ
“to call, summon”
In context — Psalm 17:6
I have cried out to You, O God , for You will answer me; turn Your ear to me and hear my speech .
About this coordinate
Psalm 17:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 17:6, so the Hebrew word אֲנִֽי־קְרָאתִ֣יךָ (anikreatikha) 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.17.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.17.6.W1.S1) and character.