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

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. clause

    la-MA a-mar-TA a-kho-TI HI va-e-KAKH o-TAH LI le-ish-SHA

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.