Psalm 18:40:4Ps.18.40.W4TABWLC Psalms 18:41
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
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LI
- sentence
ve-OY-vaI na-TA-ta le-O-ref LI u-me-sa-ne-AI ats-mi-TEM
Exegesis
The beneficiary li {לִּי | li} precedes oref {עֹרֶף | ʿō-rep̄}, “neck,” an idiom of submission.
Root and etymology
Rootb-l-ʿ-l
“worthlessness”
In context — Psalm 18:40
And You gave me the neck of my enemies, and You destroyed those who hated me.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:40:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Psalm 18:40, 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 Ps.18.40.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.40.W4.S1) and character.