1 Samuel 15:23:31 Sam.15.23.W3TAB
מֶ֔רִי
meri
“rebellion”
- Transliteration
- ME-ri
- Extended
- MEH-rih
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.ri/
Meaning by language
- English
- rebellion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-ri
- clause
KI kha-TAAT-KE-sem ME-ri ve-A-ven u-te-ra-FIM hef-TSAR
- sentence
KI kha-TAAT-KE-sem ME-ri ve-A-ven u-te-ra-FIM hef-TSAR YA-an ma-AS-ta et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH va-yim-AS-kha mim-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The construct chain chatat-kesem {חַטַּאת־קֶסֶם | ḥaṭ-ṭāṯ-qé-sem} ‘sin of divination’ is equated to meri {מֶרִי | mé-rî} ‘rebellion’, while the pairing of aven {אָוֶן | ʼā-vēn} ‘iniquity’ with the substantive ha-petsar {הַפְצַר | ha-pə-ṣar} ‘stubbornness’ echoes the inclusion of the cultic term teraphim {תְּרָפִים | tə-rā-pîm} ‘household idols’.
Root and etymology
m-r-rmem–resh–resh
“bitterness”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:23
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and stubbornness is like iniquity and teraphim . Because you have rejected the word of the LORD , He has rejected you from being king.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 15:23, so the Hebrew word מֶ֔רִי (meri) 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.15.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.23.W3.S1) and character.