Hebrew · H589

אֲנִי

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אֲנִיH589

Pronunciationʾănî 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

I546×Genesis 9:12, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 18:17

and I58×Genesis 22:5, Genesis 31:44, Genesis 37:10, Genesis 41:11

But I32×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 I13×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 I8×Deuteronomy 32:21, 1 Samuel 19:3, Ecclesiastes 2:15, Ecclesiastes 4:2

then I7×Leviticus 20:5, Leviticus 26:24, Joshua 8:5, 2 Chronicles 7:14

Am I6×Genesis 50:19, 1 Samuel 21:15, 2 Kings 5:7, 1 Chronicles 17:16

As for Me6×Genesis 17:4, Genesis 43:14, Psalms 17:15, Isaiah 59:21

I am6×Genesis 27:24, 2 Samuel 13:4, 2 Samuel 19:22, Psalms 119:94

I will6×Deuteronomy 12:30, 1 Samuel 19:3, 1 Samuel 26:6, 2 Samuel 12:23

for I5×1 Kings 21:7, Jeremiah 11:19, Ezekiel 4:5, Daniel 10:13

I Myself5×Numbers 18:6, Jeremiah 34:5, Ezekiel 5:11, Ezekiel 34:11

As surely as4×Ezekiel 18:3, Ezekiel 20:3, Ezekiel 20:31, Ezekiel 20:33

that I4×Isaiah 43:12, Ezekiel 36:22, Ezekiel 36:32, Daniel 8:2

vvv4×1 Kings 17:20, 2 Kings 3:14, Lamentations 3:63, Ezekiel 20:23

while I4×2 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 am3×Song Of Solomon 2:16, Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 48:12

as I3×Psalms 45:1, Daniel 8:5, Daniel 10:4

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

It is I3×Isaiah 63:1, Ezekiel 7:9, Hosea 14:8

let me3×2 Samuel 18:22, Jeremiah 17:18

since I3×Exodus 6:12, Leviticus 20:24, 1 Samuel 16:1

then as surely3×Ezekiel 14:16, Ezekiel 14:18, Ezekiel 14:20

though I3×1 Samuel 24:17, Job 9:21, Jeremiah 29:31

We3×Genesis 34:30, Numbers 20:19, Joshua 17:14

Yet I3×Psalms 73:23, Ecclesiastes 2:14, Habakkuk 3:18

But2×Psalms 69:13, Psalms 88:13

But as for me2×Psalms 73:2, Micah 7:7

do I2×Ecclesiastes 4:8, Jeremiah 23:24

even though I2×Ezekiel 13:7, Ezekiel 13:22

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

me2×1 Kings 1:26, Ecclesiastes 2:15

must I2×1 Kings 22:16, 2 Chronicles 18:15

Shall I2×Genesis 18:17, Isaiah 66:9

should I2×2 Samuel 12:23, 2 Samuel 16:19

So should I2×Ezekiel 20:31, Jonah 4:11

when I2×1 Kings 18:12, Isaiah 48:13

will I2×Isaiah 66:9, Ezekiel 5:11

[and]1×Job 29:15

[because] I {have}1×Isaiah 57:11

[even] I1×Hosea 5:14

[How else will] we1×Exodus 33:16

[if] I [were]1×2 Samuel 14:32

[It is] I1×1 Kings 18:8

{was it really} for Me1×Zechariah 7:5

Although I1×Hosea 7:15

Am I [only]1×Jeremiah 23:23

And1×Genesis 6:17

and [because] I1×Isaiah 43:4

and I [will be]1×1 Chronicles 22:10

And I Myself1×Jeremiah 21:5

and now I1×Isaiah 42:9

and now I am1×Judges 19:18

and that I1×Joel 2:27

and that I [am]1×1 Kings 18:36

And we1×Judges 1:3

and when I1×Daniel 10:20

As1×Ezekiel 17:19

as did I1×Nehemiah 12:40

At that time I1×Nehemiah 1:11

At this, I1×Jonah 2:4

because I1×Song Of Solomon 1:6

Both I1×Nehemiah 1:6

But as1×Psalms 73:28

but I [am a man]1×Psalms 109:4

could I1×2 Samuel 13:13

even I1×Isaiah 48:15

for I [am]1×Ezekiel 44:28

for which1×Ecclesiastes 2:18

have I1×Ecclesiastes 2:15

How can I1×2 Samuel 11:11

I [am it]1×Zephaniah 2:15

I [am] like1×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 yours1×1 Kings 20:4

I have1×Psalms 2:6

I Myself am1×Ezekiel 5:8

I now1×Genesis 9:9

I say1×Ecclesiastes 8:2

I was1×Psalms 73:22

I, too1×Ezekiel 24:9

if I1×Job 9:20

if I were you1×Job 5:8

In my1×Psalms 41:12

It was I1×2 Kings 10:9

Later, I1×Nehemiah 6:10

mine1×Job 15:6

Moreover, I1×Exodus 31:6

my1×Lamentations 1:21

my life is1×Psalms 39:4

myself1×Daniel 8:2

neither I1×Nehemiah 5:14

Now as for me1×Genesis 48:7

of my lifespan1×Psalms 89:47

So1×Ecclesiastes 2:20

So I am1×Hosea 5:12

So neither I1×Nehemiah 4:23

Then I Myself1×Jeremiah 23:3

then it was I1×Ezekiel 14:9

Therefore I1×Psalms 118:7

things1×Ezekiel 16:43

to me1×2 Samuel 18:27

What am I going to do1×Genesis 37:30

when I am1×Genesis 18:13

where I1×Jeremiah 23:24

would I1×Jeremiah 31:37

Yet1×Psalms 35:13

Yet when I1×Ecclesiastes 2:11

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Usage map

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

First aligned rowGenesis 6:17

Aligned rows874

Books represented37

Genesis41Exodus39Leviticus71Numbers21Deuteronomy9Joshua4Judges12Ruth21 Samuel202 Samuel301 Kings302 Kings161 Chronicles122 Chronicles18Ezra2Nehemiah15Esther6Job29Psalms70Proverbs7Ecclesiastes29Song Of Solomon12Isaiah79Jeremiah54Lamentations4Ezekiel169Daniel23Hosea12Joel4Amos1Jonah5Micah2Habakkuk1Zephaniah2Haggai4Zechariah11Malachi8

Source forms

אֲנִ֥י145x’ă·nîGenesis 18:17, Genesis 34:30, Genesis 42:18, Exodus 6:2

אֲנִ֣י125x’ă·nîGenesis 9:12, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 28:13, Genesis 31:44

אֲנִ֖י76x’ă·nîGenesis 14:23, Genesis 27:8, Genesis 41:9, Exodus 6:29

אֲנִי֙57x’ă·nîGenesis 18:17, Genesis 37:10, Genesis 40:16, Genesis 45:4

אֲנִ֤י44x’ă·nîExodus 6:7, Exodus 29:46, Numbers 18:20, Deuteronomy 32:39

אֲנִ֛י32x’ă·nîGenesis 27:32, Exodus 18:6, Leviticus 14:34, Leviticus 26:24

וַאֲנִ֣י31xwa·’ă·nîGenesis 22:5, Exodus 3:19, Deuteronomy 32:39, 1 Samuel 16:1

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

Parsing patterns

Pronoun - first person common singular693xGenesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1

Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular178xGenesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 18:13, Genesis 22:5