Exodus 17:4:10Exod.17.4.W10TAB
מְעַ֖ט
meat
“a little”
- Transliteration
- me-AT
- Extended
- meh-AHT
- IPA
- /mə.ˈʕat/
Meaning by language
- English
- a little
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
me-AT
- phraseyour reading level
OD me-AT
- clause
OD me-AT u-se-ka-lu-NI
- sentence
va-yits-AK mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH leh-eh-MOR MA e-eh-SEH la-AM ha-ZEH OD me-AT u-se-ka-lu-NI
Exegesis
The phrase laam hazzeh {לָעָם הַזֶּה | lā-ʿām hazzeh} ‘for this people’ marks Moses’ concern, while the adverbial sequence ’od meʿat {עוֹד מְעַט | ’ôd meʿaṭ} ‘a little while longer’ signals imminent danger, leading to the coordinated imperfect usqaluni {וּסְקָלֻנִי | ūsqālûnî} ‘and they will stone me’. In English, Hebrew vav-prefixed verbs become standard tense verbs, and clauses are reordered to preserve clarity and urgency.
In context — Exodus 17:4
Moses cried out to the LORD , “What should I do for this people? They are nearly ready to stone me.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 17:4, so the Hebrew word מְעַ֖ט (meat) 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 Exod.17.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.4.W10.S1) and character.