1 Samuel 17:22:41 Sam.17.22.W4TAB
מֵעָלָ֗יו
mealav
“from upon him”
- Transliteration
- me-a-LAV
- Extended
- mee-ah-LAAV
- IPA
- /meː.ʕaːˈlaːw/
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
- clause
va-yit-TOSH da-VID et-ha-ke-LIM me-a-LAV al-YAD sho-MER ha-ke-LIM va-ya-RATS ha-ma-a-ra-KHA
- sentence
va-yit-TOSH da-VID et-ha-ke-LIM me-a-LAV al-YAD sho-MER ha-ke-LIM va-ya-RATS ha-ma-a-ra-KHA va-ya-VO va-yish-AL le-e-KHAV le-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The compound prepositional phrase me‘alav {מֵעָלָיו | mē•‘ā•lāv} ‘from upon him’ with ʿal-yad {עַל־יַד | ʿal-yad} ‘at the hand of’ directs the transfer of custody.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:22
And David left the belongings with the keeper of the baggage, ran to the battle line, and came to greet his brothers and ask about their well-being .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:22, so the Hebrew word מֵעָלָ֗יו (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.17.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.22.W4.S1) and character.