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Lexicon :: Strong's H994 - bî

Aa
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)
Dictionary Aids

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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - and said H559, “Oh H994, my lord H113, we indeed H3381 came H3381 down H3381 the first H8462 time H8462 to buy H7666 food H400,

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Then Judah H3063 approached H5066 him and said H559, “Oh H994 my lord H113, may your servant H5650 please H4994 speak H1696 a word H1697 in my lord’s H113 ears H241, and [fn]do not be H2734 angry H639 H2734 with your servant H5650; for you are equal to Pharaoh H6547.

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Then Moses H4872 said H559 to the LORD H3068, “Please H994, Lord H136, I have never H3808 been [fn]eloquent H376 H1697, neither H1571 [fn]recently H4480 H8543 nor H1571 in time H8032 past H8032, nor H1571 since H227 You have spoken H1696 to Your servant H5650; for I am [fn]slow H3515 of speech H6310 and [fn]slow H3515 of tongue H3956.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:13 - But he said H559, “Please H994, Lord H136, now H4994 send H7971 the message by [fn]whomever You will H7971.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:11 - Then Aaron H175 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Oh H994, my lord H113, I beg H994 you, do not [fn]hold H7896 us responsible H5921 for this sin H2403 by which H834 we have turned H2973 out H2973 to H2973 be H2973 foolish H2973, and by which H834 we have sinned H2398.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:8 - “O H994 Lord H136, what H4100 can I say H559 since H310 Israel H3478 has turned H2015 their [fn]back H6203 before H6440 their enemies H340?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - Then Gideon H1439 said H559 to him, “O H994 my lord H113, if the LORD H3068 is with us, why H4100 then has all H3605 this H2088 happened H4672 to H4672 us? And where H346 are all H3605 His miracles H6381 which H834 our fathers H1 told H5608 us about, saying H559, ‘Did the LORD H3068 not bring H5927 us up H5927 from Egypt H4714?’ But now H6258 the LORD H3068 has abandoned H5203 us and handed H5414 H3709 us over H5414 to Midian H4080.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:15 - But he said H559 to Him, “O H994 Lord H136, [fn]how H4100 am I to save H3467 Israel H3478? Behold H2009, my family H505 is the least H1800 in Manasseh H4519, and I am the youngest H6810 in my father’s H1 house H1004.”

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Then Manoah H4495 pleaded H6279 with the LORD H3068 and said H559, “Lord H136, please H4994 let the man H376 of God H430 whom H834 You have sent H7971 come H935 to us again H5750 so that he may teach H3384 us what H4100 we are to do H6213 for the boy H5288 who is to be born H3205.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:26 - And she said H559, “Pardon H994 me, my lord H113! As your soul H5315 lives H2416, my lord H113, I am the woman H802 who stood H5324 here H2088 beside H5973 you, praying H6419 to the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:17 - The one H259 woman H802 said H559, “Pardon H994 me, my lord H113: [fn]this H2088 woman H802 and I live H3427 in the same H259 house H1004; and I gave H3205 birth H3205 to H3205 a H3205 child H3205 [fn]while H5973 she was in the house H1004.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - But the woman H802 whose H834 child H1121 was the living H2416 one H2416 spoke H559 to the king H4428, for [fn]she was deeply H7356 stirred H3648 over H5921 her son H1121, and she said H559, “Pardon H994 me, my lord H113! Give H5414 her the living H2416 child H3205, and by H4191 no H408 means H4191 kill H4191 him!” But the other H2088 woman was saying H559, “He shall be neither H1571 H3808 mine nor H3808 yours; cut H1504 him!”
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