1 Samuel 19:13:91 Sam.19.13.W9TAB

שָׂ֖מָה

sama

she placed

Transliteration
sa-MA
Extended
saa-MAA
IPA
/saˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
she placed

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שָׂ֖ + מָה
sa + ma
sama

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    sa-MA

  2. 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

  3. 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

to hear

In context1 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 19:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 19:13, so the Hebrew word שָׂ֖מָה (sama) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.13.W9.S1) and character.