1 Samuel 15:28:81 Sam.15.28.W8TAB
מֵעָלֶ֖יךָ
melekha
“from upon you”
- Transliteration
- me-le-KHA
- Extended
- mee-ah-leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /meːʕaːˈlɛːxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon you
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
me-le-KHA
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV she-mu-EL ka-RA ye-ho-VAH et-mam-le-KHUT yis-ra-EL me-le-KHA ha-YOM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV she-mu-EL ka-RA ye-ho-VAH et-mam-le-KHUT yis-ra-EL me-le-KHA ha-YOM u-ne-ta-NA le-re-A-KHA ha-TOV mim-me-KHA
Exegesis
The phrase me’ālêkā {מֵעָלֶיךָ | me’ālêkā} ‘from upon you’ indicates removal of authority, while hayyôm {הַיּוֹם | hayyôm} ‘today’ adds temporal immediacy.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:28
And Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 15:28, so the Hebrew word מֵעָלֶ֖יךָ (melekha) 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.15.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.28.W8.S1) and character.