1 Samuel 20:30:161 Sam.20.30.W16TAB
אִמֶּֽךָ׃
imekha
“your mother”
- Transliteration
- i-ME-kha
- Extended
- ih-MEH-khaa
- IPA
- /ʔimˈmɛxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your mother
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
i-ME-kha
- phraseyour reading level
u-le-VO-shet e-re-VAT i-ME-kha
- clause
va-yo-MER LO ben-na-a-VAT ha-mar-DUT ha-LO ya-DA-e-ti KI-vo-KHER a-TA le-ven-yish-AI le-vosh-te-KHA u-le-VO-shet e-re-VAT i-ME-kha
- sentence
va-yikhar-AF sha-UL be-yo-NA-tan va-yo-MER LO ben-na-a-VAT ha-mar-DUT ha-LO ya-DA-e-ti KI-vo-KHER a-TA le-ven-yish-AI le-vosh-te-KHA u-le-VO-shet e-re-VAT i-ME-kha
In context — 1 Samuel 20:30
Then Saul’s anger flared against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman ! Did I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness ?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:30:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 20:30, so the Hebrew word אִמֶּֽךָ׃ (imekha) 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.20.30.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.30.W16.S1) and character.