1 Samuel 20:32:91 Sam.20.32.W9TAB
מֶ֣ה
me
“what”
- Transliteration
- ME
- Extended
- MEH
- IPA
- /mɛ/
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
ME
- phraseyour reading level
ME A-SA
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV LA-ma yu-MAT ME A-SA
- sentence
va-YA-an ye-ho-NA-tan ET-sha-UL a-VIV va-YO-mer e-LAV LA-ma yu-MAT ME A-SA
Exegesis
The second interrogative uses mah ma'aseh {מַה־עָשָׂה | mah-ʿā-sāh} highlighting completed action “has he done.” The parallel questions heighten dramatic tension and challenge the premise of death without stated offense.
Root and etymology
r-m-hresh–mem–heh
“rebellion, deceit”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:32
And Jonathan answered Saul his father and said to him, “Why should this man die ? What has he done ?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:32:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 20:32, so the Hebrew word מֶ֣ה (me) 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.20.32.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.32.W9.S1) and character.