1 Samuel 13:11:131 Sam.13.11.W13TAB
לְמוֹעֵ֣ד
lemoed
“to the appointed time”
- Transliteration
- le-mo-ED
- Extended
- leh-moh-EHD
- IPA
- /ləmoːˈʕeːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the appointed time
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-mo-ED
- phraseyour reading level
le-mo-ED ha-ya-MIM
- 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
Exegesis
The temporal construct lə-mō-‘ēd ha-yā-mîm {לְמוֹעֵ֣ד הַיָּמִ֔ים | lə-mō-‘ēd ha-yā-mîm} expresses the agreed time.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–waw–dalet
“appointed time”
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 13:11:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 13:11, so the Hebrew word לְמוֹעֵ֣ד (lemoed) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.11.W13.S1) and character.