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
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ham-me-IL
- phraseyour reading level
al-shu-LE ham-me-IL
- 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
- 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 context — Exodus 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.