1 Kings 13:4:201 Kgs.13.4.W20TAB
שָׁלַ֣ח
shalakh
“had stretched out”
- Transliteration
- sha-LAKH
- Extended
- shaa-LAHKH
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- had stretched out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER sha-LAKH a-LAV
- clause
va-ti-VASH ya-DO a-SHER sha-LAKH a-LAV ve-LO ya-KHOL la-ha-shi-VA e-LAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI khish-mo-A ha-ME-lekh et-de-VAR ish-ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER ka-RA al-ha-miz-BE-akh be-VEIT-EL va-yish-LAKH ya-rav-AM et-ya-DO me-AL ha-miz-BE-akh le-MOR tif-SU-hu va-ti-VASH ya-DO a-SHER sha-LAKH a-LAV ve-LO ya-KHOL la-ha-shi-VA e-LAV
Exegesis
The main verb vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַח | wayyišlāḥ} ‘and he stretched out’ governs the object yado {יָדוֹ | yādô} ‘his hand’, an expression of royal authority.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ח
“to send, stretch out”
In context — 1 Kings 13:4
And it happened, when the king heard the word of the man of God that he had cried out against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from upon the altar, saying, “Seize him!” But his hand, which he stretched out against him, dried up so that he was not able to bring it back to himself.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:4:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 1 Kings 13:4, so the Hebrew word שָׁלַ֣ח (shalakh) 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.13.4.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.4.W20.S1) and character.