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

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    LI

  2. 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 contextPsalm 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.