Exodus 39:24:3Exod.39.24.W3TAB

הַמְּעִ֔יל

hammeil

the robe

Transliteration
ham-me-IL
Extended
hahm-meh-EEL
IPA
/ham.məˈʕiːl/

Meaning by language

English
the robe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַמ + מְּ + עִ֔יל
ham + me + il
hammeil

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    ham-me-IL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    al-shu-LE ham-me-IL

  3. clause

    va-ya-a-SU al-shu-LE ham-me-IL ri-mo-NE te-KHE-let ve-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-la-AT sha-NI

  4. sentence

    va-ya-a-SU al-shu-LE ham-me-IL ri-mo-NE te-KHE-let ve-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-la-AT sha-NI mash-ZAR

Exegesis

This is followed by the prepositional phrase al–shulei {עַל־שׁוּלֵי | ʿal–šū-lê} ‘upon the hems of’ modifying hame'il {הַמְּעִיל | ḥam-meʿîl} ‘the robe’.

Root and etymology

Rootmem-ayin-lamed

to cover, to cloak

In contextExodus 39:24

And they made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue , and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, finely twisted .

About this coordinate

Exodus 39:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 39:24, so the Hebrew word הַמְּעִ֔יל (hammeil) 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.39.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.24.W3.S1) and character.