1 Samuel 15:26:131 Sam.15.26.W13TAB
מִהְי֥וֹת
miheyot
“from being”
- Transliteration
- mi-he-YOT
- Extended
- mih-heh-YOHT
- IPA
- /mih.joːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- from being
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-he-YOT
- phraseyour reading level
mi-he-YOT ME-lekh
- clause
KI ma-AS-te et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH va-yim-AS-kha ye-ho-VAH mi-he-YOT ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-sha-UL LO a-SHUV i-MAKH KI ma-AS-te et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH va-yim-AS-kha ye-ho-VAH mi-he-YOT ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Finally, the infinitive construct minhiyot melech al Yisra'el {מִהְיוֹת מֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | min·hə·yō·ṯ me·leḵ ʿal yiś·rā·ʼēl} ‘from being king over Israel’ specifies the consequence.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:26
But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, because you have rejected the word of the LORD , and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:26:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 15:26, so the Hebrew word מִהְי֥וֹת (miheyot) 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.15.26.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.26.W13.S1) and character.