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

Result
מַלְ + אָ + כִ֖ים
mal + a + khim
malakhim

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    mal-a-KHIM

  2. 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

  3. 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 context1 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.