1 Kings 17:12:101 Kgs.17.12.W10TAB
וּמְעַט־שֶׁ֖מֶן
umeatshemen
“and a little oil”
- Transliteration
- u-me-AT-SHE-men
- Extended
- oo-meh-AHT-SHEH-mehn
- IPA
- /uːməˈʕat.ˈʃɛmɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a little oil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-me-AT-SHE-men
- clause
va-to-MER KHAI-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-yesh-LI ma-OG KI im-me-LO kaf-KE-makh ba-KAD u-me-AT-SHE-men ba-tsa-PA-khat
- sentence
va-to-MER KHAI-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-yesh-LI ma-OG KI im-me-LO kaf-KE-makh ba-KAD u-me-AT-SHE-men ba-tsa-PA-khat ve-hin-NE me-ko-SHE-shet she-NA-yim E-tsim u-va-TI va-a-si-TI-hu LI ve-liv-NI va-a-khal-NU-hu va-MAT-nu
In context — 1 Kings 17:12
And she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I do not have a cake; I have only a handful of flour in the jar and a little oil in the jug, and behold, I am gathering two sticks so that I may prepare it for my son and myself, and we shall eat it and die.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:12:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 17:12, so the Hebrew word וּמְעַט־שֶׁ֖מֶן (umeatshemen) 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.17.12.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.12.W10.S1) and character.