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
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
MA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ra-I-ti MA
- clause
ve-ra-I-ti MA ve-hig-GAD-ti LAKH
- 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 context — 1 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.