1 Kings 16:4:11 Kgs.16.4.W1TAB
הַמֵּ֤ת
hamet
“the one dying or the dead”
- Transliteration
- ha-MET
- Extended
- hah-MEET
- IPA
- /hamˈmeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the one dying or the dead
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-MET
- phraseyour reading level
ha-MET le-va-SHA
- clause
ha-MET le-va-SHA ba-IR yo-khe-LU ha-ke-la-VIM
- sentence
ha-MET le-va-SHA ba-IR yo-khe-LU ha-ke-la-VIM ve-ha-MET LO ba-sa-DE yo-khe-LU OF ha-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The Hebrew construct chain hamet levaʿashah {הַמֵּ֤ת לְבַעְשָׁא֙ | ha-mēt lə-ḇa-ʿă-šāʾ} ‘the one belonging to Baasha who dies’ introduces a subject relative clause.
In context — 1 Kings 16:4
The one belonging to Baasha who dies in the city, dogs will eat; and the one belonging to him who dies in the field, birds of the sky will eat.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 16:4, so the Hebrew word הַמֵּ֤ת (hamet) 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.16.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.4.W1.S1) and character.