1 Kings 13:7:71 Kgs.13.7.W7TAB
וּֽסְעָ֑דָה
ooseada
“refresh yourself”
- Transliteration
- oo-se-A-da
- Extended
- oo-se-AA-dah
- IPA
- /uː.səˈʕaː.ðaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- refresh yourself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-se-A-da
- clause
va-ye-da-BER ha-ME-lekh el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM boh-ah-it-TI ha-BAI-ta oo-se-A-da
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER ha-ME-lekh el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM boh-ah-it-TI ha-BAI-ta oo-se-A-da ve-et-te-NA le-KHA mat-TAT
Exegesis
In the king’s speech, the coordinated imperatives boʾah-ittî {בֹּאָה־אִתִּי | bō-ʾāh-ittî} ‘come with me’ and us-se‛ā-dāh {וּסְעָדָה | us-se‛ā-dāh} ‘have a meal’ form a persuasive invitation.
Root and etymology
s-ʿ-d
“to support, provide food”
In context — 1 Kings 13:7
And the king spoke to the man of God, “Come with me to the house and have a meal, and I will give you a gift.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:7:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 13:7, so the Hebrew word וּֽסְעָ֑דָה (ooseada) 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 Kgs.13.7.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.7.W7.S1) and character.