1 Samuel 20:1:101 Sam.20.1.W10TAB
מֶ֤ה
meh
“what”
- Transliteration
- MEH
- Extended
- MEH
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
MEH
- phraseyour reading level
MEH a-SI-ti
- clause
va-ya-VO va-yo-MER lif-NEI ye-ho-na-TAN MEH a-SI-ti ME-a-vo-NI u-ME-kha-TA-ti lif-NEI a-VI-kha
- sentence
va-yiv-RAKH da-VID me-no-VEH min-NA-yot ba-ra-MA va-ya-VO va-yo-MER lif-NEI ye-ho-na-TAN MEH a-SI-ti ME-a-vo-NI u-ME-kha-TA-ti lif-NEI a-VI-kha KI me-vak-KESH et-naf-SHI
Exegesis
His address unfolds in three parallel interrogatives—maʿasiti {מָה־עָשִׂ֖יתִי | mā-ʿă-śî-tî} ‘what have I done?’, machatati {מָה־חַטָּאתִי֙ | mā-ḥaṭ-ṭā-ṭî} ‘what have I sinned?’, and ūmaʿavonekha {וּמָה־עֲוֺנְךָ֔ | ū-mā-ʿă-vō-nə-khā} ‘and what is your offense?’, moving from general action to moral culpability to a specific charge.
Root and etymology
r-m-hresh–mem–heh
“rebellion, deceit”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:1
And David again came to Jonathan and said to him, “What have I done? What have I sinned? And what is your offense that a man from your father’s house is seeking to kill me?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 20:1, so the Hebrew word מֶ֤ה (meh) 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.20.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.1.W10.S1) and character.