1 Samuel 13:11:101 Sam.13.11.W10TAB
מֵעָלַ֗י
melai
“from upon me”
- Transliteration
- me-laI
- Extended
- mee-LA-ee
- IPA
- /meːʕaːˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon me
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
me-laI
- clause
va-yo-MER sha-UL ki-ra-I-ti ki-na-FATS ha-AM me-laI ve-a-TA lo-va-TA le-mo-ED ha-ya-MIM u-fe-lish-TIM ne-e-sa-FIM mi-khe-MAS
- sentence
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL ME a-SI-ta va-yo-MER sha-UL ki-ra-I-ti ki-na-FATS ha-AM me-laI ve-a-TA lo-va-TA le-mo-ED ha-ya-MIM u-fe-lish-TIM ne-e-sa-FIM mi-khe-MAS
In context — 1 Samuel 13:11
Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “Because I saw that the people had scattered from me, that you had not come at the appointed time of the days, and that the Philistines were gathering at Michmash.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 13:11, so the Hebrew word מֵעָלַ֗י (melai) 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 Sam.13.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.11.W10.S1) and character.