1 Kings 20:15:61 Kgs.20.15.W6TAB
מָאתַ֖יִם
maatayim
“two hundred”
- Transliteration
- ma-a-TA-yim
- Extended
- maa-ah-TAH-yihm
- IPA
- /maː.ʔaˈtajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- two hundred
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ma-a-TA-yim
- clause
va-yif-KOD ET-na-a-RE sa-RE ha-me-di-NOT va-yih-YU ma-a-TA-yim she-NA-yim u-she-lo-SHIM
- sentence
va-yif-KOD ET-na-a-RE sa-RE ha-me-di-NOT va-yih-YU ma-a-TA-yim she-NA-yim u-she-lo-SHIM ve-a-kha-re-HEM pa-KAD ET-kol-ha-AM kol-be-NE yis-ra-EL shiv-AT a-la-FIM
Exegesis
The additive numeral series māṭayim šənayim ūšəlōšîm {מָאתַיִם שְׁנַיִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁים | māṭayim šənayim ūšəlōšîm} ‘two hundred, two, and thirty’ yields 232.
In context — 1 Kings 20:15
And he mustered the young men of the commanders of the provinces , and they numbered 232; and after them he mustered all the people, all the sons of Israel , 7,000.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 20:15, so the Hebrew word מָאתַ֖יִם (maatayim) 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.20.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.15.W6.S1) and character.