1 Samuel 16:23:151 Sam.16.23.W15TAB
מֵעָלָ֖יו
mealav
“from upon him”
- Transliteration
- me-a-LAV
- Extended
- mee-ah-LAAV
- IPA
- /meːʕɑːˈlajv/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
me-a-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sa-RA me-a-LAV
- clause
ve-ra-VAKH le-sha-UL ve-TOV LO ve-sa-RA me-a-LAV RU-akh ha-ra-A
- sentence
ve-ha-YA bi-he-YOT RU-akh-e-lo-HIM el-sha-UL ve-la-KHAKH da-VID et-ha-ki-NOR ve-ni-GEN be-ya-DO ve-ra-VAKH le-sha-UL ve-TOV LO ve-sa-RA me-a-LAV RU-akh ha-ra-A
In context — 1 Samuel 16:23
And it happened, whenever the spirit of God was upon Saul, David would take the lyre and play with his hand, and relief came to Saul, and it was good for him; and the evil spirit departed from him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:23:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 16:23, so the Hebrew word מֵעָלָ֖יו (mealav) 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.16.23.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.23.W15.S1) and character.