1 Kings 21:4:171 Kgs.21.4.W17TAB
עַל־מִטָּת֔וֹ
almitato
“on his bed”
- Transliteration
- al-mi-TA-to
- Extended
- ahl-mih-TAH-toh
- IPA
- /ʕal.mitˈtɑː.toː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on his bed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
al-mi-TA-to
- clause
va-yish-KAV al-mi-TA-to va-ya-SEV et-pa-NAV ve-lo-A-khal LA-khem
- sentence
va-BO akh-AV el-BE-to SAR ve-za-EF al-ha-da-VAR a-sher-di-BER e-LAV na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI va-YO-mer lo-e-TEN le-KHA et-na-kha-LAT a-vo-TAI va-yish-KAV al-mi-TA-to va-ya-SEV et-pa-NAV ve-lo-A-khal LA-khem
In context — 1 Kings 21:4
Ahab returned to his house sullen and angry over the word that Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him when he said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers .” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and did not eat bread .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:4:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 21:4, so the Hebrew word עַל־מִטָּת֔וֹ (almitato) 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.21.4.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.4.W17.S1) and character.