1 Kings 19:6:31 Kgs.19.6.W3TAB
מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו
meraashotav
“at his head or at his pillow”
- Transliteration
- me-ra-a-sho-TAV
- Extended
- meh-rah-ah-shoh-TAV
- IPA
- /məraʔăʃoːˈtav/
Meaning by language
- English
- at his head or at his pillow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ra-a-sho-TAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hin-NE me-ra-a-sho-TAV
- clause
va-yab-BET ve-hin-NE me-ra-a-sho-TAV u-GAT re-tsa-FIM ve-tsap-PA-khat MA-yim
- sentence
va-yab-BET ve-hin-NE me-ra-a-sho-TAV u-GAT re-tsa-FIM ve-tsap-PA-khat MA-yim va-yo-KHAL va-YESH-te va-ya-SHAV va-yish-KAV
Exegesis
The locative mēra’asotav {מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו | mərǎʾǎšōtāw} “at his head” specifies placement.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Shin
“fire, flame”
In context — 1 Kings 19:6
He looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water; he ate and drank, and then lay down again.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 19:6, so the Hebrew word מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו (meraashotav) 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.19.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.6.W3.S1) and character.