1 Kings 13:11:171 Kgs.13.11.W17TAB
אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
elhamelekh
“to the king”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ehl-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
el-ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER di-BER el-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ya-VO ve-NO va-ye-sa-PER-LO et-KOL-ha-ma-a-SE a-SHER-a-SA ish-ha-e-lo-HIM ha-YOM be-VET-EL et-ha-de-va-RIM a-SHER di-BER el-ha-ME-lekh va-ye-sa-pe-RUM la-a-vi-HEM
- sentence
ve-na-VI e-KHAD za-KEN yo-SHEV be-VET-EL va-ya-VO ve-NO va-ye-sa-PER-LO et-KOL-ha-ma-a-SE a-SHER-a-SA ish-ha-e-lo-HIM ha-YOM be-VET-EL et-ha-de-va-RIM a-SHER di-BER el-ha-ME-lekh va-ye-sa-pe-RUM la-a-vi-HEM
Exegesis
The second object et-had-devarim {אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים | ʾet haddəḇārîm} ‘the words’ is linked by asher² {אֲשֶׁר | ăšer} to the verb diber {דִּבֵּר | dibbēr} ‘he spoke’ and prepositional phrase el-hamelech {אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ | ʾel hammēleḵ} ‘to the king’.
Root and etymology
m-l-kMem, Lamed, Kaf
“to rule, be king”
In context — 1 Kings 13:11
Now there was a certain old prophet sitting in Bethel, and his sons came and recounted to him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel, including the words that he had spoken to the king. Then they reported it all to their father .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:11:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 13:11, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (elhamelekh) 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 Kgs.13.11.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.11.W17.S1) and character.