"בי" meaning in All languages combined

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Particle [Hebrew]

Head templates: {{head|he|particle|head=בִּי|tr=bí}} בִּי • (bí) Forms: בִּי [canonical], [romanization]
  1. (archaic or obsolete) please: used to make a polite request
    Sense id: בי-he-particle--kjH4pG9 Related terms: בי־בופ, בי רבנן
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition [Hebrew]

Etymology: According to Abraham ibn Ezra (in his short commentary to Genesis 43:20 ), the particle comes from the preposition, and is short for something like "the sin is mine", meaning "I sin in speaking, so do to me what you will, but hear me out". According to Nachmanides (in his commentary ad loc.), the particle does not exist as a separate sense; rather, all instances of בִּי אֲדֹנִי (bí adoní) are to be translated "master over me", and similarly wherever else בִּי appears, which is thus just the preposition form. Etymology templates: {{m|he||בִּי אֲדֹנִי|tr=bí adoní}} בִּי אֲדֹנִי (bí adoní), {{m|he||בִּי}} בִּי Head templates: {{head|he|preposition form|head=בִּי|tr=bí}} בִּי • (bí) Forms: בִּי [canonical], [romanization]
  1. Form of ב־ (b-)including first-person singular personal pronoun as object. Tags: form-of Form of: ב־ (extra: (b-)including first-person singular personal pronoun as object)
    Sense id: בי-he-prep-B3bcOk-4 Categories (other): Hebrew particles Disambiguation of Hebrew particles: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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