Genesis 12:19:7Gen.12.19.W7PAT
לִ֖י
li
“for me”
- Transliteration
- LI
- Extended
- LEE
- IPA
- /ˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for me
- French
- pour moi
- Spanish
- para mí
- Portuguese
- para mim
- German
- für mich
- Russian
- для меня
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِي
- Hindi
- मेरे लिये
- Chinese-Simplified
- 给我
- Korean
- 나를 위하여
- Indonesian
- bagiku
- Bengali
- আমার জন্য
- Tagalog
- para sa akin
- Swahili
- kwa ajili yangu
- Amharic
- ለእኔ
- Yoruba
- fun mi
- Igbo
- maka m
- Twi
- ma me
- Ewe
- na nye
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
- clause
la-MA a-mar-TA a-kho-TI HI va-e-KAKH o-TAH LI le-ish-SHA
- sentence
la-MA a-mar-TA a-kho-TI HI va-e-KAKH o-TAH LI le-ish-SHA ve-a-TA hi-NE ish-te-KHA KAKH va-LEKH
In context — Genesis 12:19
why did you say she my sister and I took her for me for a wife and now behold your wife take and go
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 12:19, so the Hebrew word לִ֖י (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 Gen.12.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.19.W7.S1) and character.