1 Samuel 16:1:61 Sam.16.1.W6TAB
מִתְאַבֵּ֣ל
mitabel
“are mourning”
- Transliteration
- mit-a-BEL
- Extended
- miht-ah-BEHL
- IPA
- /mit.ʔabˈbɛːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- are mourning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mit-a-BEL
- phraseyour reading level
mit-a-BEL el-sha-UL
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH el-she-mu-EL ad-ma-TAI a-TA mit-a-BEL el-sha-UL va-a-NI me-as-TIV mim-me-LOKH al-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH el-she-mu-EL ad-ma-TAI a-TA mit-a-BEL el-sha-UL va-a-NI me-as-TIV mim-me-LOKH al-yis-ra-EL ma-LE kar-ne-KHA SHE-men ve-LEKH e-she-la-kha-KHA el-yi-SHAI BET-ha-lakh-MI ki-ra-I-ti be-va-NAV LI ME-lekh
Exegesis
The Hithpael participle mitʾabbēl {מִתְאַבֵּ֣ל | mitʾabbēl} ‘you mourn’ indicates ongoing grief.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-b-l
“to mourn or lament”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:1
And the LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have seen for myself a king among his sons.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 16:1, so the Hebrew word מִתְאַבֵּ֣ל (mitabel) 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.16.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.1.W6.S1) and character.