1 Samuel 19:13:101 Sam.19.13.W10TAB
מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו
meraashotav
“at his head-place or at his headrest”
- Transliteration
- me-ra-a-sho-TAV
- Extended
- meh-rah-ah-shoh-TAAV
- IPA
- /məraʔăʃoˈṭaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- at his head-place or at his headrest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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-ra-a-sho-TAV
- clause
va-tik-KHAKH mi-KHAL et-ha-te-ra-FIM va-ta-SEM el-ha-mi-TA ve-ET ke-VIR ha-iz-ZIM sa-MA me-ra-a-sho-TAV
- sentence
va-tik-KHAKH mi-KHAL et-ha-te-ra-FIM va-ta-SEM el-ha-mi-TA ve-ET ke-VIR ha-iz-ZIM sa-MA me-ra-a-sho-TAV va-te-KHAS bab-ba-GED
Exegesis
The verb samah {שָׂמָה | sā-māh} ‘she placed’ takes the suffix in meraʾashotav {מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו | merāʾašōtāv} ‘at its head’, specifying the precise placement.
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-šr-ʾ-š
“head”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:13
And Michal took the teraphim and placed them on the bed, put the goats’ hair pillow at its head, and covered it with a garment.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 19:13, so the Hebrew word מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו (meraashotav) 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.19.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.13.W10.S1) and character.