1 Samuel 19:15:91 Sam.19.15.W9TAB
בַמִּטָּ֛ה
vamitta
“in the bed”
- Transliteration
- va-mit-TA
- Extended
- vah-mihT-TAA
- IPA
- /vam.mitˈtˤaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the bed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
va-mit-TA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-a-LU o-TO va-mit-TA
- clause
ha-a-LU o-TO va-mit-TA e-LAI la-ha-mi-TO
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL et-ha-mal-a-KHIM lir-OT et-da-VID le-MOR ha-a-LU o-TO va-mit-TA e-LAI la-ha-mi-TO
Exegesis
The phrase ba-miṭṭāh {בַמִּטָּ֛ה | ba-miṭ-ṭāh} ‘in the bed’ indicates location, while ʾelayya {אֵלַ֖י | ʾê-lay-yā} ‘to me’ marks direction toward Saul.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:15
Then Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him to me on the bed so that I may kill him.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 19:15, so the Hebrew word בַמִּטָּ֛ה (vamitta) 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.19.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.15.W9.S1) and character.