אָנֹכִי

H595. anoki
אָנֹ֑כִי אָֽנֹכִ֫י (once Job 33:9 אָֽנֹכִ֑י
pronoun 1 singular common I; Gen 3:10; Gen 7:4; Gen 15:1-2, Gen 16:5 +?הֶאָנֹכִי הֲ Num 11:12; Job 21:4. (Assyrian anâku, Phoenician & Moabite אנך: not in Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic; but ku appears as the affix of the 1 singular in the Ethiopic verb (e.g. waladku = Hebrew יָלַדְתִּי). אָנֹכִי and אֲנִי appear to be two parallel formations (both containing the element ani [compare the suffix , נִי-] or ana, & one strengthened by the addition of the demonstrative basis Ku [probably akin to כֹּה כָּא, here]: compare Sta§ 179 WSG 95 f. 98-101), of which, in most of the Semitic languages, one prevailed to the exclusion of the other, but which in Hebrew maintained their place side by side.) In some cases אני and אנכי appear capable of being used indiffer-ently; in others the choice seems to have been determined, partly by rhythmical considera-tions, partly by a growing preference for אֲנִי among later writers. Thus when appended to the verb for emphasis (whether with or without גַּם) the lighter form אֲנִי is nearly always used ( Lev 20:5; Lev 26:24, Lev 26:32; Deu 12:30; Jdg 1:3; Jdg 8:23; 2Sa 12:28; 2Sa 17:15; 2Sa 18:2, 2Sa 18:22; Jer 17:18; Jer 21:5; Eze 17:22; Job 13:2 +; compare the cases Gen 27:34; 1Sa 25:24; 2Sa 19:1; 1Ki 1:26; Pro 23:15); on the contrary, in the emphatic rhetorical style of Deuteronomy, אָנֹכִי is preferred (in the discourses, uniformly, except Deu 12:30, in accusative with usage just noted, & Deu 29:5 in a standing expression; on Deu 32:48, Deu 32:51 (P) compare below) In particular phrases, also, usage prefers sometimes אֶני sometimes אָנכי thus there occurs חַיאָֿנִי Num 14:21 & always, except Deu 32:40; (אָ֑נִי) אֲנִי אִתְּךָ (Jer 1:9, Jer 1:19; Jer 30:11; Jer 46:18; Isa 43:2, Isa 43:5); יהוה אֲנִי Exo 6:2, Exo 6:6, Exo 6:8 & elsewhere in P, & especially frequently in H (Lev 18:2, Lev 18:4, Lev 18:6 etc.) & Ezekiel, also Gen 15:7; Gen 28:13; Deu 29:5; Jdg 6:10 +; (יהוה אנכי much less frequently; only J E & prophetic writers, Exo 20:2 = Deu 5:6; Hos 12:10; Hos 13:4; Psa 81:11; Exo 20:5 = Deu 5:9; Isa 43:11; Isa 44:24; Isa 51:15 (Exo 4:11 is different); compare DrJPh xi. 224 f.); אמרתי אני Isa 38:10 (Hez.) Isa 49:4; Jer 5:4; Jer 10:19 (Jer 3:19 אנכי) Rth 4:4; Psa 30:7; Psa 31:23; Psa 41:5; Psa 82:6 +; אָ֫נִי ויאמר (in response to a question) Gen 27:24; Jdg 13:11; 2Sa 20:17; 1Ki 13:14; 1Ki 18:8 (׳וי אנכי only 2Sa 2:20; on the contrary, with a predicate, אָנֹבִי is regularly employed, Gen 24:34; 1Sa 30:13; 2Sa 1:8 אָנֹ֑בִי עֲמָלֵקִי 2Sa 11:5; 2Sa 20:17; Isa 6:5; Jer 1:6; Jon 1:9); (הִנְנִי) הִנֵּה וַאֲנִי Gen 6:17; Gen 9:9; Exo 31:6; Num 3:12 + (but אָנֹכִי הִנֵּה Gen 24:14, Gen 24:43; Gen 25:32; Exo 3:13; Exo 19:9 +; אֲנִי הִנֵּה is very uncommon; see ib.226). So far as the usage of particular books is concerned, in the Pentateuch (except Deuteronomy) אֲנִי is used in P (including H) always (about 130 t.) except Gen 23:4 (compare Ezekiel below); in J E אנכי is preferred, though not exclusively (Gen 81:48). In Samuel there are 50 instances of each form. Jeremiah has some 54 instances of אֶני37of אנכי. In later books the preponderance of אֲנִי is evident. Thus in Ezekiel אני occurs 138 t., אנכי once Gen 36:28 (perhaps a reminiscence of Jer 11:4; b Jer 24:7; Jer 30:22); in Lamentations, Haggai, Ezra, Esther, Ecclesiastes אני45t., אנכי never; in Chronicles אני30t., אנכי once 1Ch 17:1 (from 2Sa 7:2); in Daniel אני23t., אנכי once 2Sa 10:11. See more fully GiesZAW 1881, 251-8 Drl.c. 222-7.
אָֽנֹכִי pronoun 1 singular see above below אֲנִי.