בִּי bi

Hebrew word for “please” · Strong’s H994 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

1) if it please, pray excuse me, excuse me please; 1a) used to introduce an entreaty or request

How it is translated

Glosses given for bi in context, with how often each is used:

• pardon 12

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 4 (2), Judges 6 (2), 1 Kings 3 (2), Genesis 43 (1), Genesis 44 (1), Numbers 12 (1), Joshua 7 (1), Judges 13 (1), 1 Samuel 1 (1)

Forms

• בי 12

Words used with it

Words that share verses with bi more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אָדוֹן adon “lord” 7
• אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 5
• נָא na “please” 4
• מָה mah “what?” 4
• יָלַד yalad “to beget” 3
• אַל al “not” 3
• זֹאת zot “this” 3
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 3
• עִם im “with” 3
• אָנֹכִי anokhi “I” 2
• חַי chay “alive” 2
• גַּם gam “also” 2

Key verses

The verses using bi that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 43:20 — And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
• Genesis 44:18 — Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy…
• Exodus 4:10 — And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a…
• Exodus 4:13 — And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
• Numbers 12:11 — And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
• Joshua 7:8 — O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
• Judges 6:13 — And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of,…
• Judges 6:15 — And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.
• Judges 13:8 — Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child…
• 1 Samuel 1:26 — And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
• 1 Kings 3:17 — And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
• 1 Kings 3:26 — Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.