1 Samuel 18:17:71 Sam.18.17.W7TAB

מֵרַב֙

merav

Merab

Transliteration
me-RAV
Extended
meh-RAHV
IPA
/meːˈrav/

Meaning by language

English
Merab

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מֵ + רַב֙
me + rav
merav

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-RAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    hi-NE bit-TI ha-ge-do-LA me-RAV

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer sha-UL el-da-VID hi-NE bit-TI ha-ge-do-LA me-RAV o-TA e-TEN-le-KHA le-i-SHA AKH he-YE-lI le-ven-kha-YIL ve-hil-la-KHEM mil-kha-MOT ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer sha-UL el-da-VID hi-NE bit-TI ha-ge-do-LA me-RAV o-TA e-TEN-le-KHA le-i-SHA AKH he-YE-lI le-ven-kha-YIL ve-hil-la-KHEM mil-kha-MOT ye-ho-VAH ve-sha-UL a-MAR al-te-HI ya-DI BO u-te-HI-VO yad-pe-lish-TIM

In context1 Samuel 18:17

And Saul said to David, “Behold, my eldest daughter Merab, I will give you as a wife; only be a son of valor for me and fight the battles of the LORD .” And Saul said, “Do not be my hand against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 18:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 18:17, so the Hebrew word מֵרַב֙ (merav) 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.18.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.17.W7.S1) and character.