Strong's H994 · Hebrew

biy

bee

perhaps from 1158 (in the sense of asking); properly, a request; used only adverbially (always with "my Lord"); Oh that!; with leave, or if it please

Scholarly Lexicons

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

 H994 בִּי part. of entreaty , craving permission to address a superior, I pray , excuse me  

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB), 1906 — public domain