אֲנִי
ʼănîy · an-ee'
I
Lexicon
Derivation: contracted from H595 (אָנֹכִי);
I
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works
Strength, the leader of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲנִי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
874 occurrences · 874 OT · 0 NT · 67 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall i2 · 15%
- i1 · 8%
- which i1 · 8%
- as for me1 · 8%
- a child, which1 · 8%
- me1 · 8%
- of thine handmaid1 · 8%
- with you myself1 · 8%
- and we1 · 8%
- but1 · 8%
- even mine1 · 8%
- for, behold, i1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.