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Lexicon :: Strong's H994 - bî

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בִּי
Transliteration
bî
Pronunciation
bee
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Part of Speech
part of entreaty
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from בָּעָה (H1158) (sense of asking)
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TWOT Reference: 238a

Strong’s Definitions

בִּי bîy, bee; perhaps from H1158 (in the sense of asking); properly, a request; used only adverbially (always with 'my Lord'); oh that!; with leave, or if it please:—alas, O, oh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H994 in the following manner: O (7x), Oh (4x), alas (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H994 in the following manner: O (7x), Oh (4x), alas (1x).

  1. if it please, pray excuse me, excuse me please

    1. used to introduce an entreaty or request

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בִּי bîy, bee; perhaps from H1158 (in the sense of asking); properly, a request; used only adverbially (always with 'my Lord'); oh that!; with leave, or if it please:—alas, O, oh.
STRONGS H994: Abbreviations
† בִּי particle of entreaty, craving permission to address a superior, always followed by אֲדֹנִי (or אֲדֹנָי), and always (except Joshua 7:8) at the beginning of a speech, I pray, excuse me — (not improbable from √ ביי; so that בִּי אֲדֹנִי will be literally a supplication of (i.e. to my lord! compare Wetzst l.c., who compares the Arabic bdb010605 literally a prayer to my lord! a standing formula = Pray, excuse me, used exactly as בֹּי אֲדֹנִי. According to other contracted from בְּעִי, from בָּעָה to ask, and so literally a petition! compare Aramaic בְּבָעוּ, bdb010606 (e.g. Genesis 19:18 Targum, Numbers 12:13 Syriac Version); but ע is not often elided in Hebrew) — Genesis 44:18 בִּי אֲדֹנִי יְדַבֶּרנָֿא I pray, my lord, let thy servant speak, etc.; so Numbers 12:11; Judges 6:13; 1 Samuel 1:26; 1 Kings 3:17, 26, and following by a plural subject Genesis 43:20 יָרֹד יָרַדְנוּ בִּי א׳ Oh, my lord, we came down, etc.; בִּי אֲדֹנָי (to God) Exodus 4:10, 13; Joshua 7:8; Judges 6:15; Judges 13:8 (Greek Version of the LXX in Pentateuch and Joshua δέομαι, δεόμεθα: in other books absurdly ἐν ἐμοί).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:18; 43:20; 44:18

Exodus

4:10; 4:13

Numbers

12:11; 12:13

Joshua

7:8; 7:8

Judges

6:13; 6:15; 13:8

1 Samuel

1:26

1 Kings

3:17; 3:26

H994

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Strong's Number H994 matches the Hebrew בִּי (bî),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:20 - saying, We pray thee, Sir; we came down at first to buy food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:18 - And Judas drew near him, and said, I pray, Sir, let thy servant speak a word before thee, and be not angry with thy servant, for thou art next to Pharao.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:10 - And Moses said to the Lord, I pray, Lord, I have not been sufficient in [fn]former times, neither from the time that thou hast begun to speak to thy servant: I am weak in speech, and slow-tongued.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:13 - And Moses said, I pray thee, Lord, appoint another able person whom thou shalt send.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:11 - And Aaron said to Moses, I beseech thee, my lord, do not lay sin upon us, for we were ignorant wherein we sinned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:8 - And what shall I say since Israel has turned his [fn]back before his enemy?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - And Gedeon said to him, Be gracious [fn]with me, my Lord: but if the Lord is with us, why have these evils found us? and where are all his miracles, which our fathers have related to us, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt? and now he has cast us out, and given us into the hand of Madiam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:15 - And Gedeon said to him, Be gracious with me, my Lord: whereby shall I save Israel? behold, my thousand is weakened in Manasse, and I am the least in my father's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:8 - And Manoë prayed to the Lord and said, [fn]I pray thee, O Lord my Lord, concerning the man of God whom thou sentest; let him now come to us once more, and teach us what we shall do to the child about to be born.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:26 - And she said, I pray thee, my lord, as thy soul liveth, I am the woman that stood in thy presence with thee while praying to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:17 - And the one woman said, Hear me, my lord; I and this woman dwelt in one house, and we were delivered in the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - And the woman whose the living child was, answered and said to the king, (for her [fn]bowels yearned over her son) and she said, I pray thee, my lord, give her the child, and in nowise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor hers; divide it.
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