1 Samuel 17:39:41 Sam.17.39.W4TAB
מֵעַ֨ל
meal
“from upon”
- Transliteration
- me-AL
- Extended
- mee-AL
- IPA
- /meːˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-AL
- phraseyour reading level
me-AL le-mad-DAV
- clause
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
- 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 prepositional phrase meal lemaddayov {מֵעַ֨ל לְמַדָּ֜יו | mēʿāl lə-maddā-yōw} positions the sword above his tunics.
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 17:39:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:39, so the Hebrew word מֵעַ֨ל (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.17.39.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.39.W4.S1) and character.