Genesis 47:9:10Gen.47.9.W10TAB
מְעַ֣ט
meat
“few”
- Transliteration
- me-AT
- Extended
- meh-AT
- IPA
- /mə.ˈʕat/
Meaning by language
- English
- few
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
me-AT
- phraseyour reading level
me-AT ve-ra-IM
- clause
me-AT ve-ra-IM ha-YU ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YAI ve-LO hi-SI-gu et-ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YEI a-vo-TAI bi-MEI me-gu-REI-hem
- sentence
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-par-O ye-MEI she-NEI me-gu-RAI she-lo-SHIM u-me-AT sha-NA me-AT ve-ra-IM ha-YU ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YAI ve-LO hi-SI-gu et-ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YEI a-vo-TAI bi-MEI me-gu-REI-hem
Exegesis
The adjectives mĕʿaṭ {מְעַט | mə-ʿaṭ} ‘few’ and wə-rāʿîm {וְרָעִים | wə-rā-ʕîm} ‘and grievous’ precede hāyû {הָיוּ | hā-yû} ‘they have been,’ evaluating Jacob’s lifespan quantitatively and qualitatively.
Root and etymology
מ־ע־ט
“to be small, be few”
In context — Genesis 47:9
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days comprising the years I have sojourned total one hundred and thirty. My days have been few and distressing , and they have not reached the span of years that my fathers experienced in their days of sojourning.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 47:9, so the Hebrew word מְעַ֣ט (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 Gen.47.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.9.W10.S1) and character.