1 Samuel 21:15:21 Sam.21.15.W2TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:16
מְשֻׁגָּעִ֙ים
meshugaim
“madmen”
- Transliteration
- me-shu-ga-IM
- Extended
- meh-shuh-gah-EEM
- IPA
- /məʃuɣ.ɣaˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- madmen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-shu-ga-IM
- phraseyour reading level
kha-SAR me-shu-ga-IM
- clause
kha-SAR me-shu-ga-IM A-ni ki-ha-VE-tem et-ZE le-hish-ta-ge-A a-LAI
- sentence
kha-SAR me-shu-ga-IM A-ni ki-ha-VE-tem et-ZE le-hish-ta-ge-A a-LAI ha-ZE ya-VO el-be-TI
In context — 1 Samuel 21:15
Do I lack madmen that you have brought him to behave crazily before me? Shall he come into my house?
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 21:15, so the Hebrew word מְשֻׁגָּעִ֙ים (meshugaim) 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.21.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.15.W2.S1) and character.