1 Samuel 17:15:41 Sam.17.15.W4TAB
מֵעַ֣ל
meal
“from upon”
- Transliteration
- me-AL
- Extended
- mee-AL
- IPA
- /meːˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
me-AL
- phraseyour reading level
me-AL sha-UL
- clause
ve-da-VID ho-LEKH va-SHAV me-AL sha-UL
- sentence
ve-da-VID ho-LEKH va-SHAV me-AL sha-UL lir-OT et-TSON a-VIV BET LA-khem
Exegesis
The phrase meʿal shaul {מֵעַל שָׁאוּל | me-ʿal šā-ʾûl} ‘from upon Saul’ specifies the point of departure from the king’s presence.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:15
But David would go and return from Saul to tend the flock of his father at Bethlehem.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:15, so the Hebrew word מֵעַ֣ל (meal) 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.17.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.15.W4.S1) and character.