1 Samuel 14:43:61 Sam.14.43.W6TAB
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 sha-UL el-yo-na-TAN ha-gi-DA LI ME a-si-TA
- sentence
va-yo-MER sha-UL el-yo-na-TAN ha-gi-DA LI ME a-si-TA va-ya-GED-lo yo-na-TAN va-yo-MER ta-OM ta-AM-te bik-TSE ha-ma-TE a-sher-be-ya-DI me-AT de-VASH hin-NE a-MUT
Exegesis
Saul’s imperative haggidah {הַגִּידָה | ha·gî·ḏā} ‘tell’ combines with the interrogative meh {מֶה | mē} ‘what’ and the perfect asitah {עָשִׂיתָה | ʻā·śī·ṯāh} ‘you have done’ to frame the accusation.
Root and etymology
h-m-hhmh
“disorder, confusion”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:43
And Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” And Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am—I must die .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:43:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 14:43, 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.14.43.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.43.W6.S1) and character.