1 Kings 13:18:61 Kgs.13.18.W6TAB
וּמַלְאָ֡ךְ
umalakh
“and an angel”
- Transliteration
- u-mal-AKH
- Extended
- oo-mahl-AKH
- IPA
- /u.malˈʔaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and an angel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
u-mal-AKH
- clause
va-YO-mer LO gam-a-NI na-VI ka-MO-kha u-mal-AKH di-BER e-LAI bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-shi-VE-hu it-TE-kha el-BE-te-kha ve-yo-KHAL LE-khem ve-YESH-te MA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO gam-a-NI na-VI ka-MO-kha u-mal-AKH di-BER e-LAI bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-shi-VE-hu it-TE-kha el-BE-te-kha ve-yo-KHAL LE-khem ve-YESH-te MA-yim ki-KHESH LO
Exegesis
The phrase ūmalʾāḵ dibber ʾēlāy bidbār Yəhōwāh {וּמַלְאָ֡ךְ דִּבֶּ֣ר אֵלַי֩ בִּדְבַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה | ūmalʾāḵ dibber ʾēlāy bidbār Yəhōwāh} links the speaker’s instruction to divine commission.
Root and etymology
l-ʾ-klamed–aleph–kaph
“to send”
In context — 1 Kings 13:18
And he said to him, “I also am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD , saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he lied to him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 13:18, so the Hebrew word וּמַלְאָ֡ךְ (umalakh) 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.13.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.18.W6.S1) and character.