1 Kings 18:9:21 Kgs.18.9.W2TAB
מֶ֣ה
me
“what”
- Transliteration
- ME
- Extended
- MEH
- IPA
- /ˈmɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ME
- phraseyour reading level
ME kha-ta-TI
- clause
va-YO-mer ME kha-ta-TI
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME kha-ta-TI ki-a-TA no-TEN et-a-ved-de-KHA be-yad-a-khAV la-ha-mi-TE-ni
Exegesis
The interrogative meh {מֶה | mē} ‘what’ introduces a question, followed by chatati {חָטָאתִי | ḥā-ṭā-ˈtî} ‘I have sinned’, a perfect verb denoting completed action.
Root and etymology
ʾ-d-maleph–dalet–mem
“ground, land”
In context — 1 Kings 18:9
And he said, “What have I sinned , that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 18:9, so the Hebrew word מֶ֣ה (me) 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.18.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.9.W2.S1) and character.