1 Chronicles 18:16:31 Chr.18.16.W3TAB
וַאֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְ
vaavimelekh
“and Ahimelech”
- Transliteration
- va-a-vi-ME-lekh
- Extended
- vah-ah-vih-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /waʔăvɪˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Ahimelech
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-vi-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-vi-ME-lekh ben-ev-ya-TAR
- clause
ve-tsa-DOK ben-a-khi-TUV va-a-vi-ME-lekh ben-ev-ya-TAR ko-ha-NIM
- sentence
ve-tsa-DOK ben-a-khi-TUV va-a-vi-ME-lekh ben-ev-ya-TAR ko-ha-NIM ve-shav-SHA so-FER
Exegesis
The first clause has the compound subject ve-tsadok ben-achituv {וְצָד֧וֹק בֶּן־אֲחִיט֛וּב | wə-ṣā-ḏōq ben-ʾǎ-ḥî-tūḇ} “Zadok son of Ahitub” and va-avimelekh ben-eviyatar {וַאֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְ בֶּן־אֶבְיָתָ֖ר | wa-ʾǎ-ḇî-mé-leḵ ben-ʾê-ḇyā-tār} “Avimelekh son of Abiathar” functioning as subjects with the noun kohanim {כֹּהֲנִ֑ים | kō-hǎ-ṇîm} “priests” as the predicate nominative.
Root and etymology
m-l-km-l-k
“to rule”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:16
And Zadok son of Ahitub and Avimelekh son of Abiathar were priests , and Shavsha was scribe .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 18:16, so the Hebrew word וַאֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְ (vaavimelekh) 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 1 Chr.18.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.16.W3.S1) and character.