Biblical Hebrew · Pronouns and Logic Words

“I”

BH-030Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

אֲנִי · אָנֹכִי

Transliterationani · anokhi

Plain meaningI

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“I”

Biblical Hebrew uses both אֲנִי and אָנֹכִי for “I.” They are not two persons; they are two established forms with different distributions and stylistic associations. The learner should recognize both immediately rather than expecting one universal first-person pronoun.

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אֲנִי · אָנֹכִי

ORIGINAL

BH-030

ani · anokhi

READING

Approved transliteration

MEANING

Biblical Hebrew

REMEMBER

“I”

Biblical Hebrew has more than one common written form for “I.”