Numbers 2:24:4Num.2.24.W4TAB
מְאַ֥ת
meat
“one hundred”
- Transliteration
- me-AT
- Extended
- meh-AHT
- IPA
- /məˈʔat/
Meaning by language
- English
- one hundred
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-AT
- phraseyour reading level
me-AT E-lef
- clause
KOL-ha-pe-ku-DEEM le-ma-kha-NEH ef-ra-YIM me-AT E-lef u-shmo-NAT-a-la-FIM u-me-AH le-tsiv-o-TAM
- sentence
KOL-ha-pe-ku-DEEM le-ma-kha-NEH ef-ra-YIM me-AT E-lef u-shmo-NAT-a-la-FIM u-me-AH le-tsiv-o-TAM u-shli-SHIM yis-SA-u
Exegesis
The numeric sequence me’at elef u-shmonat-alafim u-me’ah {מְאַ֥ת אֶ֛לֶף וּשְׁמֹֽנַת־אֲלָפִ֥ים וּמֵאָ֖ה | mə-ʾat ʾě-lef ū-šᵊ-mō-nat-ʾă-lā-p̄īm ū-mē-ʾāh} ‘hundred thousand and eight thousand and one hundred’ follows the Hebrew additive pattern with vav conjunctions.
Root and etymology
“hundred”
In context — Numbers 2:24
All the mustered of the camp of Ephraim numbered one hundred eight thousand and one hundred for their divisions , and they set out third.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 2:24, so the Hebrew word מְאַ֥ת (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 Num.2.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.24.W4.S1) and character.