1 Samuel 13:11:31 Sam.13.11.W3TAB
מֶ֣ה
me
“what”
- Transliteration
- ME
- Extended
- MEH
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ME
- phraseyour reading level
ME a-SI-ta
- clause
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL ME a-SI-ta
- 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 interrogative pronoun meh {מֶ֣ה | mē} ‘what’ initiates a direct challenge in VSO order.
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 13:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 13:11, so the Hebrew word מֶ֣ה (me) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.11.W3.S1) and character.