1 Chronicles 15:7:61 Chr.15.7.W6TAB
מֵאָ֥ה
mea
“a hundred”
- Transliteration
- me-A
- Extended
- mee-AH
- IPA
- /meːˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a hundred
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-A
- phraseyour reading level
me-A u-she-lo-SHIM
- clause
yo-EL ha-SAR ve-e-KHAV me-A u-she-lo-SHIM
- sentence
liv-NE ger-SHOM yo-EL ha-SAR ve-e-KHAV me-A u-she-lo-SHIM
Exegesis
The verse closes with the numeric apposition meah u-shloshim {מֵאָ֥ה וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁים | mêʾâ ūšlōšîm} ‘one hundred and thirty’, where the cardinal meah links by vav to shloshim to express the total.
Root and etymology
m-ʾ-hm-ʾ-h
“hundred”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:7
Of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief and his brothers, one hundred and thirty.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Chronicles 15:7, so the Hebrew word מֵאָ֥ה (mea) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.15.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.7.W6.S1) and character.