1 Chronicles 21:20:41 Chr.21.20.W4TAB
אֶת־הַמַּלְאָ֔ךְ
ethamalakh
“the angel”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-mal-AKH
- Extended
- eht-hah-mal-AKH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ha.malˈʔaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- the angel
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 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-ha-mal-AKH
- clause
va-ya-SHAV or-NA-n va-yar-E et-ha-mal-AKH ve-ar-ba-AT ba-NAV im-MO mit-kha-be-IM
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV or-NA-n va-yar-E et-ha-mal-AKH ve-ar-ba-AT ba-NAV im-MO mit-kha-be-IM ve-or-NA-n DASH khi-TIM
Exegesis
The object is marked explicitly by ʾet-hammalakh {אֶת־הַמַּלְאָ֔ךְ | ʾet-hammalʾāḵ} ‘(direct object marker) the angel’, highlighting the specific figure he sees.
Root and etymology
consonantslamed–aleph–kaf
“messenger”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:20
And Ornan turned back and saw the angel , and his four sons with him were hiding themselves; and Ornan was threshing wheat .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 21:20, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמַּלְאָ֔ךְ (ethamalakh) 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.21.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.20.W4.S1) and character.