Hebrew · H589

אֲנִי

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אֲנִי H589

Pronunciation ʾănî hûʾ

What does אֲנִי (ʾănî hûʾ) mean in the Bible?

אֲנִי (ʾănî hûʾ): First-person pronoun expressing subject identity; in divine speech, emphasizes God's unique self-revelation and covenantal presence

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What does אֲנִי (ʾănî hûʾ) mean in the Bible?

אֲנִי (ʾănî hûʾ): First-person pronoun expressing subject identity; in divine speech, emphasizes God's unique self-revelation and covenantal presence

How does the BSB render H589?

The BSB source-word alignment has 874 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include I (546), and I (58), But I (32), I [am] (18), as surely as I (13).

Where does אֲנִי (ʾănî hûʾ) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 6:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (169), Isaiah (79), Leviticus (71), Psalms (70).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

I 546× Genesis 9:12, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 18:17

and I 58× Genesis 22:5, Genesis 31:44, Genesis 37:10, Genesis 41:11

But I 32× Genesis 41:15, Exodus 3:19, Exodus 4:21, Exodus 7:3

I [am] 18× 2 Samuel 14:5, 2 Samuel 20:17, 1 Kings 13:14, Psalms 35:3

as surely as I 13× Numbers 14:21, Numbers 14:28, Isaiah 49:18, Jeremiah 22:24

. . . 12× Genesis 27:34, Genesis 27:38, Genesis 37:30, Deuteronomy 32:39

So I 8× Deuteronomy 32:21, 1 Samuel 19:3, Ecclesiastes 2:15, Ecclesiastes 4:2

then I 7× Leviticus 20:5, Leviticus 26:24, Joshua 8:5, 2 Chronicles 7:14

Am I 6× Genesis 50:19, 1 Samuel 21:15, 2 Kings 5:7, 1 Chronicles 17:16

As for Me 6× Genesis 17:4, Genesis 43:14, Psalms 17:15, Isaiah 59:21

I am 6× Genesis 27:24, 2 Samuel 13:4, 2 Samuel 19:22, Psalms 119:94

I will 6× Deuteronomy 12:30, 1 Samuel 19:3, 1 Samuel 26:6, 2 Samuel 12:23

for I 5× 1 Kings 21:7, Jeremiah 11:19, Ezekiel 4:5, Daniel 10:13

I Myself 5× Numbers 18:6, Jeremiah 34:5, Ezekiel 5:11, Ezekiel 34:11

As surely as 4× Ezekiel 18:3, Ezekiel 20:3, Ezekiel 20:31, Ezekiel 20:33

that I 4× Isaiah 43:12, Ezekiel 36:22, Ezekiel 36:32, Daniel 8:2

vvv 4× 1 Kings 17:20, 2 Kings 3:14, Lamentations 3:63, Ezekiel 20:23

while I 4× 2 Samuel 15:20, Ezra 9:4, Nehemiah 1:1, Ezekiel 1:1

- 3× Judges 15:3, 2 Chronicles 2:4, Jeremiah 45:4

and I am 3× Song Of Solomon 2:16, Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 48:12

as I 3× Psalms 45:1, Daniel 8:5, Daniel 10:4

But I [am] 3× Psalms 40:17, Psalms 69:29, Psalms 70:5

It is I 3× Isaiah 63:1, Ezekiel 7:9, Hosea 14:8

let me 3× 2 Samuel 18:22, Jeremiah 17:18

since I 3× Exodus 6:12, Leviticus 20:24, 1 Samuel 16:1

then as surely 3× Ezekiel 14:16, Ezekiel 14:18, Ezekiel 14:20

though I 3× 1 Samuel 24:17, Job 9:21, Jeremiah 29:31

We 3× Genesis 34:30, Numbers 20:19, Joshua 17:14

Yet I 3× Psalms 73:23, Ecclesiastes 2:14, Habakkuk 3:18

But 2× Psalms 69:13, Psalms 88:13

But as for me 2× Psalms 73:2, Micah 7:7

do I 2× Ecclesiastes 4:8, Jeremiah 23:24

even though I 2× Ezekiel 13:7, Ezekiel 13:22

I [will scourge you] 2× 2 Chronicles 10:11, 2 Chronicles 10:14

me 2× 1 Kings 1:26, Ecclesiastes 2:15

must I 2× 1 Kings 22:16, 2 Chronicles 18:15

Shall I 2× Genesis 18:17, Isaiah 66:9

should I 2× 2 Samuel 12:23, 2 Samuel 16:19

So should I 2× Ezekiel 20:31, Jonah 4:11

when I 2× 1 Kings 18:12, Isaiah 48:13

will I 2× Isaiah 66:9, Ezekiel 5:11

[and] 1× Job 29:15

[because] I {have} 1× Isaiah 57:11

[even] I 1× Hosea 5:14

[How else will] we 1× Exodus 33:16

[if] I [were] 1× 2 Samuel 14:32

[It is] I 1× 1 Kings 18:8

{was it really} for Me 1× Zechariah 7:5

Although I 1× Hosea 7:15

Am I [only] 1× Jeremiah 23:23

And 1× Genesis 6:17

and [because] I 1× Isaiah 43:4

and I [will be] 1× 1 Chronicles 22:10

And I Myself 1× Jeremiah 21:5

and now I 1× Isaiah 42:9

and now I am 1× Judges 19:18

and that I 1× Joel 2:27

and that I [am] 1× 1 Kings 18:36

And we 1× Judges 1:3

and when I 1× Daniel 10:20

As 1× Ezekiel 17:19

as did I 1× Nehemiah 12:40

At that time I 1× Nehemiah 1:11

At this, I 1× Jonah 2:4

because I 1× Song Of Solomon 1:6

Both I 1× Nehemiah 1:6

But as 1× Psalms 73:28

but I [am a man] 1× Psalms 109:4

could I 1× 2 Samuel 13:13

even I 1× Isaiah 48:15

for I [am] 1× Ezekiel 44:28

for which 1× Ecclesiastes 2:18

have I 1× Ecclesiastes 2:15

How can I 1× 2 Samuel 11:11

I [am it] 1× Zephaniah 2:15

I [am] like 1× Hosea 14:8

I [belong] 1× Isaiah 44:5

I [have been] 1× Judges 16:17

I [was] 1× Psalms 88:15

I {have made} 1× Genesis 14:23

I am yours 1× 1 Kings 20:4

I have 1× Psalms 2:6

I Myself am 1× Ezekiel 5:8

I now 1× Genesis 9:9

I say 1× Ecclesiastes 8:2

I was 1× Psalms 73:22

I, too 1× Ezekiel 24:9

if I 1× Job 9:20

if I were you 1× Job 5:8

In my 1× Psalms 41:12

It was I 1× 2 Kings 10:9

Later, I 1× Nehemiah 6:10

mine 1× Job 15:6

Moreover, I 1× Exodus 31:6

my 1× Lamentations 1:21

my life is 1× Psalms 39:4

myself 1× Daniel 8:2

neither I 1× Nehemiah 5:14

Now as for me 1× Genesis 48:7

of my lifespan 1× Psalms 89:47

So 1× Ecclesiastes 2:20

So I am 1× Hosea 5:12

So neither I 1× Nehemiah 4:23

Then I Myself 1× Jeremiah 23:3

then it was I 1× Ezekiel 14:9

Therefore I 1× Psalms 118:7

things 1× Ezekiel 16:43

to me 1× 2 Samuel 18:27

What am I going to do 1× Genesis 37:30

when I am 1× Genesis 18:13

where I 1× Jeremiah 23:24

would I 1× Jeremiah 31:37

Yet 1× Psalms 35:13

Yet when I 1× Ecclesiastes 2:11

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Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 6:17

Aligned rows 874

Books represented 37

Genesis 41 Exodus 39 Leviticus 71 Numbers 21 Deuteronomy 9 Joshua 4 Judges 12 Ruth 2 1 Samuel 20 2 Samuel 30 1 Kings 30 2 Kings 16 1 Chronicles 12 2 Chronicles 18 Ezra 2 Nehemiah 15 Esther 6 Job 29 Psalms 70 Proverbs 7 Ecclesiastes 29 Song Of Solomon 12 Isaiah 79 Jeremiah 54 Lamentations 4 Ezekiel 169 Daniel 23 Hosea 12 Joel 4 Amos 1 Jonah 5 Micah 2 Habakkuk 1 Zephaniah 2 Haggai 4 Zechariah 11 Malachi 8

Source forms

אֲנִ֥י 145x ’ă·nî Genesis 18:17, Genesis 34:30, Genesis 42:18, Exodus 6:2

אֲנִ֣י 125x ’ă·nî Genesis 9:12, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 28:13, Genesis 31:44

אֲנִ֖י 76x ’ă·nî Genesis 14:23, Genesis 27:8, Genesis 41:9, Exodus 6:29

אֲנִי֙ 57x ’ă·nî Genesis 18:17, Genesis 37:10, Genesis 40:16, Genesis 45:4

אֲנִ֤י 44x ’ă·nî Exodus 6:7, Exodus 29:46, Numbers 18:20, Deuteronomy 32:39

אֲנִ֛י 32x ’ă·nî Genesis 27:32, Exodus 18:6, Leviticus 14:34, Leviticus 26:24

וַאֲנִ֣י 31x wa·’ă·nî Genesis 22:5, Exodus 3:19, Deuteronomy 32:39, 1 Samuel 16:1

אָֽנִי׃ 23x ’ā·nî Genesis 27:24, Genesis 50:19, Leviticus 11:45, Deuteronomy 12:30

Parsing patterns

Pronoun - first person common singular 693x Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1

Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular 178x Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 18:13, Genesis 22:5

Pronoun - relative | Pronoun - first person common singular 2x Ecclesiastes 2:18, Song Of Solomon 1:6

Article | Pronoun - first person common singular 1x Isaiah 66:9

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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אֲנִי

What does אֲנִי (ʾănî hûʾ) mean in the Bible?

What does אֲנִי (ʾănî hûʾ) mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H589?

Where does אֲנִי (ʾănî hûʾ) appear in Scripture?

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