1 Kings 21:5:71 Kgs.21.5.W7TAB
מַה־זֶּה֙
maze
“what is this”
- Transliteration
- MA-ze
- Extended
- MAH-zeh
- IPA
- /mah.zeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what is this
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
MA-ze
- clause
va-te-dab-BER e-LA-v MA-ze ru-KHA-kha sa-RA ve-E-ne-kha o-KHEL LA-khem
- sentence
va-ta-VO e-LA-v i-ze-VEL ish-TO va-te-dab-BER e-LA-v MA-ze ru-KHA-kha sa-RA ve-E-ne-kha o-KHEL LA-khem
Exegesis
The interrogative mah-zeh {מַה־זֶּה֙ | mah zēh} introduces a rhetorical question.
In context — 1 Kings 21:5
Then Jezebel, his wife, came to him and spoke to him, “What is this? Why has your spirit turned aside, and you are not eating bread ?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 21:5, so the Hebrew word מַה־זֶּה֙ (maze) 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.21.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.5.W7.S1) and character.