1 Kings 21:20:41 Kgs.21.20.W4TAB
הַֽמְצָאתַ֖נִי
hamtsatani
“have you found me”
- Transliteration
- ham-tsa-TA-ni
- Extended
- hahm-tseh-AH-tah-NEE
- IPA
- /ham.tsaːˈtaː.niː/
Meaning by language
- English
- have you found me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ham-tsa-TA-ni
- clause
va-YO-mer akh-AV el-e-li-YA-hu ham-tsa-TA-ni o-ye-VI
- sentence
va-YO-mer akh-AV el-e-li-YA-hu ham-tsa-TA-ni o-ye-VI va-YO-mer ma-TSA-ti YA-an hit-mak-KHER-kha la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The interrogative perfect hametsatani {הַֽמְצָאתַנִי | ham-mê-ṣā-ʾaṯ-nî} 'have you found me' serves as an address with the bound noun oyevi {אֹיְבִ֑י | ʾō-yē-vî} 'my enemy'.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–tsade–aleph
“to find; encounter”
In context — 1 Kings 21:20
And Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” And he replied, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 21:20, so the Hebrew word הַֽמְצָאתַ֖נִי (hamtsatani) 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.21.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.20.W4.S1) and character.