1 Samuel 17:28:151 Sam.17.28.W15TAB
מְעַ֨ט
meat
“fewness or a little”
- Transliteration
- me-AT
- Extended
- meh-AHT
- IPA
- /məˈʕaṭ/
Meaning by language
- English
- fewness or a little
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
me-AT
- phraseyour reading level
me-AT ha-TSON ha-HEN-na
- clause
va-yi-KHAR-AF e-li-AV be-da-VID va-yo-MER la-ma-ZE ya-RAD-ta ve-al-MI na-TASH-ta me-AT ha-TSON ha-HEN-na ba-mid-BAR a-NI ya-DA-te et-ze-DON-kha ve-ET RO-a le-va-VE-kha KI le-ma-AN re-OT ha-mil-kha-MA ya-RAD-ta
- sentence
va-yish-MA e-li-AV a-KHIv ha-ga-DOL be-dab-be-RO el-ha-a-na-SHIM va-yi-KHAR-AF e-li-AV be-da-VID va-yo-MER la-ma-ZE ya-RAD-ta ve-al-MI na-TASH-ta me-AT ha-TSON ha-HEN-na ba-mid-BAR a-NI ya-DA-te et-ze-DON-kha ve-ET RO-a le-va-VE-kha KI le-ma-AN re-OT ha-mil-kha-MA ya-RAD-ta
In context — 1 Samuel 17:28
Eliab heard him speaking to the men, and his anger burned against David. He said, “Why have you come down here? With whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness ? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart; you came down only to see the battle.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:28:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 17:28, so the Hebrew word מְעַ֨ט (meat) 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.17.28.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.28.W15.S1) and character.