1 Kings 17:18:31 Kgs.17.18.W3TAB
מַה־לִּ֥י
mali
“what to me”
- Transliteration
- ma-LI
- Extended
- mah-LEE
- IPA
- /mahˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what to me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-LI
- phraseyour reading level
ma-LI va-LAKH
- clause
va-to-MER el-e-LI-ya-hu ma-LI va-LAKH ISH ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-to-MER el-e-LI-ya-hu ma-LI va-LAKH ISH ha-e-lo-HIM ba-TA e-LAI le-haz-KIR et-a-vo-NI u-le-ha-MIT et-be-NI
Exegesis
The idiom mah-li va-lakh {מַה־לִּי וָלָךְ | māh·lî wā·lāḵ} functions as an adversarial challenge.
Root and etymology
m-hmem–he
“what”
In context — 1 Kings 17:18
And she said to Elijah, “What is there between me and you, man of God ? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and to put my son to death?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 17:18, so the Hebrew word מַה־לִּ֥י (mali) 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.17.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.18.W3.S1) and character.