1 Chronicles 19:3:111 Chr.19.3.W11TAB
מְנַחֲמִ֑ים
menakhamim
“comforters”
- Transliteration
- me-na-kha-MIM
- Extended
- meh-nah-khah-MEEM
- IPA
- /mənaħăˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- comforters
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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
me-na-kha-MIM
- clause
va-yo-me-RU sa-RE ve-NE-a-MON le-kha-NUN ham-kha-BED da-VID et-a-VI-kha be-e-NE-kha ki-sha-LAKH le-KHA me-na-kha-MIM
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU sa-RE ve-NE-a-MON le-kha-NUN ham-kha-BED da-VID et-a-VI-kha be-e-NE-kha ki-sha-LAKH le-KHA me-na-kha-MIM ha-LO ba-a-VUR lakh-KOR ve-la-ha-FOKH u-le-rag-GEL ha-A-rets ba-U a-va-DAV e-LE-kha
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּֽי־ | kî} with the perfect shalach lekha menachamim {שָׁלַ֥ח לְךָ֖ מְנַחֲמִ֑ים | šālāḥ & ləּ־ & mənaḥammîm} sets the premise of a consoling mission.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-m
“to comfort”
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:3
And the commanders of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, “Is David truly honoring your father in your eyes because he has sent comforters to you? Is it not rather for the purpose of searching, overthrowing, and spying out the land that his servants have come to you?”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Chronicles 19:3, so the Hebrew word מְנַחֲמִ֑ים (menakhamim) 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.19.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.3.W11.S1) and character.