1 Samuel 16:7:91 Sam.16.7.W9TAB
מְאַסְתִּ֑יהוּ
meastihu
“I have rejected him”
- Transliteration
- me-as-TI-hu
- Extended
- meh-ahs-TIH-hoo
- IPA
- /məʔasˈtiː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have rejected him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-as-TI-hu
- phraseyour reading level
KI me-as-TI-hu
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH el-she-mu-EL al-ta-BET el-mar-E-hu ve-el-ge-VO-ah ko-ma-TO KI me-as-TI-hu
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH el-she-mu-EL al-ta-BET el-mar-E-hu ve-el-ge-VO-ah ko-ma-TO KI me-as-TI-hu KI LO a-SHER yir-E ha-a-DAM KI ha-a-DAM yir-E la-e-NA-yim va-ye-ho-VAH yir-E lal-le-VAV
In context — 1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for the human does not see as mortals see, for they look at the outward, but the LORD sees to the heart .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 16:7, so the Hebrew word מְאַסְתִּ֑יהוּ (meastihu) 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.16.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.7.W9.S1) and character.