Numbers 23:11:4Num.23.11.W4TAB
מֶ֥ה
meh
“what”
- Transliteration
- MEH
- Extended
- MEH
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
MEH
- phraseyour reading level
MEH a-SEE-ta
- clause
va-yo-MER ba-LAK el-bil-AM MEH a-SEE-ta LI
- sentence
va-yo-MER ba-LAK el-bil-AM MEH a-SEE-ta LI la-KOV oy-vai le-kakh-TI-kha ve-hi-NEH be-rakh-TA va-REKH
Exegesis
The interrogative meh {מֶה | mē} ‘what’ introduces an accusatory clause with asita {עָשִׂיתָ | ʿāśî-tā} ‘you have done’ and the dative li {לִי | lī} ‘to me’ forming the object.
Root and etymology
z-ʿ-mzayin-ayin-mem
“to be indignant or denounce”
In context — Numbers 23:11
And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies , but behold, you have surely blessed them.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 23:11, so the Hebrew word מֶ֥ה (meh) 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.23.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.11.W4.S1) and character.