1 Samuel 15:23:81 Sam.15.23.W8TAB
מָאַ֙סְתָּ֙
maasta
“you have rejected”
- Transliteration
- ma-AS-ta
- Extended
- maa-AS-tah
- IPA
- /maːˈʔas.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you have rejected
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-AS-ta
- clause
YA-an ma-AS-ta et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH va-yim-AS-kha mim-ME-lekh
- 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 causal ya-an {יַעַן | ya-ʿăn} ‘because’ clause employs the Qal perfect mā-ʾās-tā {מָאַסְתָּ | mā-ʾās-tā} ‘you have rejected’ of the direct object marker et and construct devar {דְּבַר | də-vaṯ} ‘word’ with YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’, followed by the vav-consecutive imperfect wa-yim-ʾā-sə-khā {וַיִּמְאָסְךָ | wa-yim-ʾā-sə-khā} ‘and he has rejected you’, marking the result of removal from melech {מֶלֶךְ | mé-lekh} ‘kingship’. The English reproduces the Hebrew parallelism with “is like” to maintain structural and rhetorical emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–aleph–samekh
“to reject, despise”
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 15:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 15:23, so the Hebrew word מָאַ֙סְתָּ֙ (maasta) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.23.W8.S1) and character.