1 Kings 20:41:41 Kgs.20.41.W4TAB
מעל
meal
“from upon”
- Transliteration
- me-AL
- Extended
- meh-AL
- IPA
- /mɛˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
me-AL
- phraseyour reading level
me-AL me-a-LEI
- clause
va-ye-ma-HER va-ya-SAR et-ha-a-FER me-AL me-a-LEI e-NA-yv
- sentence
va-ye-ma-HER va-ya-SAR et-ha-a-FER me-AL me-a-LEI e-NA-yv va-ya-KER o-TO ME-lekh yis-ra-EL KI me-han-ne-vi-IM HU
Exegesis
The object phrase et-ha’aper {אֶת־הָ֣אֲפֵ֔ר | ʾeṯ-ha-ʾap̄êr} ‘the covering’ is followed by the double prepositional sequence me’al {מֵעַל | me-ʿal} ‘from above’ and meʿalei {מֵעֲלֵ֖י | me-ʿa-lei} ‘from upon’, precisely localizing the removal over his eyes.
In context — 1 Kings 20:41
And he swiftly removed the covering from over his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him, for he was one of the prophets .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:41:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 20:41, so the Hebrew word מעל (meal) 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.20.41.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.41.W4.S1) and character.