1 Samuel 19:3:141 Sam.19.3.W14TAB

מָ֖ה

ma

what

Transliteration
MA
Extended
MAA
IPA
/ˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
what

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    MA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ra-I-ti MA

  3. clause

    ve-ra-I-ti MA ve-hig-GAD-ti LAKH

  4. sentence

    va-a-NI e-TSE ve-a-MAD-ti le-yad-a-VI ba-sa-DE a-SHER a-TA SHAM va-a-NI a-da-BER be-KHA el-a-VI ve-ra-I-ti MA ve-hig-GAD-ti LAKH

Root and etymology

m-l-ḥmem–lamed–chet

to fight, do battle

In context1 Samuel 19:3

And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak about you to my father, and I will see what I find and will tell you.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 19:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 19:3, so the Hebrew word מָ֖ה (ma) 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.19.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.3.W14.S1) and character.