1 Kings 18:4:91 Kgs.18.4.W9TAB
מֵאָ֣ה
mea
“a hundred”
- Transliteration
- me-A
- Extended
- meh-AA
- 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 ne-vi-IM
- clause
va-yik-KAKH o-vad-ya-HU me-A ne-vi-IM va-yakh-bi-EM kha-mi-SHIM ISH ba-me-a-RA ve-khil-ke-LAM LE-khem va-MA-yim
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-hakh-RIT i-ZE-vel ET ne-vi-E ye-ho-VAH va-yik-KAKH o-vad-ya-HU me-A ne-vi-IM va-yakh-bi-EM kha-mi-SHIM ISH ba-me-a-RA ve-khil-ke-LAM LE-khem va-MA-yim
In context — 1 Kings 18:4
And it came about when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of the LORD that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, hid fifty in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 18:4, so the Hebrew word מֵאָ֣ה (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 Kgs.18.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.4.W9.S1) and character.