1 Samuel 17:39:221 Sam.17.39.W22TAB
מֵעָלָֽיו׃
mealav
“from upon him”
- Transliteration
- me-a-LAV
- Extended
- mee-ah-LAAV
- IPA
- /meːʕaːˈlaːw/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
me-a-LAV
- clause
va-ye-si-REM da-VID me-a-LAV
- sentence
va-yakh-GOR da-VID et-KHAR-BO me-AL le-mad-DAV va-yo-EL la-LE-khet KI lo-NI-sa va-yo-MER da-VID el-sha-UL LO u-KHAL la-LE-khet ba-EL-le KI LO ni-SI-ti va-ye-si-REM da-VID me-a-LAV
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperfect wayyissrem {וַיְסִרֵ֥ם | wayyissîrêm} with mealav {מֵעָלָֽיו | mêʿālāyw} completes the sequence by removing the items. This interplay of vav-consecutive forms, infinitives, and negations creates a clear progression from attempt to realization and resolution.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:39
David girded his sword over his armor and tried to go, for he had not tested them; and he said to Saul, “I cannot go in these, for I have not tried them.” So he removed them from himself.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:39:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 1 Samuel 17:39, so the Hebrew word מֵעָלָֽיו׃ (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.17.39.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.39.W22.S1) and character.