1 Chronicles 19:2:121 Chr.19.2.W12TAB
מַלְאָכִ֖ים
malakhim
“messengers”
- Transliteration
- mal-a-KHIM
- Extended
- mahl-ah-KHEEM
- IPA
- /mal.ʔaːˈχiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- messengers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mal-a-KHIM
- clause
va-yo-MER da-VID e-e-SE-KHE-sed im-KHA-nun ben-na-KHASH ki-a-SA a-VIV im-MI KHE-sed va-yish-LAKH da-VID mal-a-KHIM le-na-kha-MO al-a-VIV
- sentence
va-yo-MER da-VID e-e-SE-KHE-sed im-KHA-nun ben-na-KHASH ki-a-SA a-VIV im-MI KHE-sed va-yish-LAKH da-VID mal-a-KHIM le-na-kha-MO al-a-VIV va-ya-VO-u av-DE da-VID el-E-rets be-NE-a-MON el-KHA-nun le-na-kha-MO
Exegesis
Another vav-consecutive with vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַח | wayyišlāḥ} ‘and he sent’ introduces malakhim {מַלְאָכִים | malʾāḵîm} ‘messengers’, whose purpose is marked by the infinitive lenachamo {לְנַחֲמוֹ | lənaḥămṓ} ‘to comfort’.
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:2
And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed me kindness.” Then David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. The servants of David went to the land of the Ammonites to comfort Hanun.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Chronicles 19:2, so the Hebrew word מַלְאָכִ֖ים (malakhim) 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.19.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.2.W12.S1) and character.