1 Chronicles 21:16:51 Chr.21.16.W5TAB
אֶת־מַלְאַ֤ךְ
etmalakh
“{direct object marker} messenger of”
- Transliteration
- et-mal-AKH
- Extended
- eht-mahl-AKH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.malˈʔaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object marker} messenger of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
et-mal-AKH
- phraseyour reading level
et-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yi-SA da-VID et-E-NAI-v va-yar-E et-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH o-MED BEN ha-A-rets u-VEN ha-sha-MA-yim ve-khar-BO she-lu-FA be-ya-DO ne-tu-YA al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
va-yi-SA da-VID et-E-NAI-v va-yar-E et-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH o-MED BEN ha-A-rets u-VEN ha-sha-MA-yim ve-khar-BO she-lu-FA be-ya-DO ne-tu-YA al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yi-POL da-VID ve-haz-ze-ke-NIM me-khu-SIM ba-sak-KIM al-pe-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The direct object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks definiteness for ʿênāyw {עֵינָיו | ʿênāyw} ‘his eyes’ and malʾāḳ {מַלְאַךְ | malʾāḵ} ‘angel.’
Root and etymology
l-ʾ-kl-ʾ-k
“messenger”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:16
And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between the earth and the heavens with his sword drawn in his hand and stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, covered in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 21:16, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מַלְאַ֤ךְ (etmalakh) 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.21.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.16.W5.S1) and character.