1 Samuel 19:13:51 Sam.19.13.W5TAB
אֶל־הַמִּטָּ֔ה
elhamita
“to the bed”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-mi-TA
- Extended
- ehl-hah-mih-TAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ham.mitˈṭaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the bed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-mi-TA
- 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 vattasem {וַתָּשֶׂם | wa-tā-sem} ‘and she put’ governs the prepositional phrase el ha-mittah {אֶל־הַמִּטָּה | ʾel-hā-mit-tāh} ‘on the bed’.
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 19:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 19:13, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמִּטָּ֔ה (elhamita) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.13.W5.S1) and character.