1 Samuel 21:3:21 Sam.21.3.W2TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:4
מַה־יֵּ֤שׁ
mayesh
“what is there”
- Transliteration
- ma-YESH
- Extended
- mah-YEESH
- IPA
- /mahˈjeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- what is there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-YESH
- phraseyour reading level
ma-YESH TA-khat-ya-DE-kha
- sentence
ve-a-TA ma-YESH TA-khat-ya-DE-kha kha-mi-SHA-le-khem te-NA be-ya-DI O ha-nim-TSA
Exegesis
The paired interrogatives mah-yesh {מָה־יֶּשׁ | māh-yēsh} ‘what is there’ and uma-yesh {וּמָה יֵּשׁ | ū-māh yēsh} ‘and what is there’ frame beyadekha {בְּיָדְךָ | bə-yā-ḏě-kā} ‘in your hand’ and lekha {לְּךָ | lə-ḵā} ‘to you’, clarifying possession and availability.
In context — 1 Samuel 21:3
Then David said to the priest, “Now therefore, what is under your hand ? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever there is.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 21:3, so the Hebrew word מַה־יֵּ֤שׁ (mayesh) 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.21.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.3.W2.S1) and character.