1 Samuel 22:3:161 Sam.22.3.W16TAB
מַה־יַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֖י
mayaaseli
“what he will do for me”
- Transliteration
- ma-ya-a-SE-LI
- Extended
- mah-yah-ah-SEH-LEE
- IPA
- /maː.jaʕăˈsɛlːiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what he will do for me
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ma-ya-a-SE-LI
- clause
va-YO-mer el-ME-lekh mo-AV ye-TSE-NA a-VI ve-im-MI it-te-KHEM AD a-SHER e-DA ma-ya-a-SE-LI e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-YE-lekh da-VID mi-SHAM mits-PE mo-AV va-YO-mer el-ME-lekh mo-AV ye-TSE-NA a-VI ve-im-MI it-te-KHEM AD a-SHER e-DA ma-ya-a-SE-LI e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The interrogative mah-yă‘ă-sêh-lî ’ĕ-lō-hîm {מַה־יַּעֲשֶׂה־לִּי אֱלֹהִים | mah-yă‘ă-sêh-lî ’ĕ-lō-hîm} ‘what God will do for me’ defers decision to divine providence, a nuance preserved in both reconstructions. The translation choices maintain narrative flow, reflect the polite request mood, and render key Hebrew constructs with functional English equivalents.
In context — 1 Samuel 22:3
And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab, and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother stay with you until I know what God will do for me.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 22:3, so the Hebrew word מַה־יַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֖י (mayaaseli) 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.22.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.3.W16.S1) and character.