מֵחֵיקָ֗הּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מֵחֵיקָ֗הּ

   me-khe-KA

   from her bosom
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּקָּחֵ֣הוּ מֵחֵיקָ֗הּ

   va-yik-ka-KHE-hu me-khe-KA

   and he took him from her bosom
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקָּחֵ֣הוּ מֵחֵיקָ֗הּ וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־הָעֲלִיָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁר־הוּא֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב שָׁ֔ם וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּ עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃

   va-yik-ka-KHE-hu me-khe-KA va-ya-le-HU el-ha-a-li-YA a-SHER-HU yo-SHEV SHAM va-yash-ke-VE-hu al-mit-ta-TO

   and he took him from her bosom and he brought him up to the upper chamber where he was staying there and he laid him down upon his bed
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלֶ֖יהָ תְּנִֽי־לִ֣י אֶת־בְּנֵ֑ךְ וַיִּקָּחֵ֣הוּ מֵחֵיקָ֗הּ וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־הָעֲלִיָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁר־הוּא֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב שָׁ֔ם וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּ עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃

   va-yo-MER e-LE-ha te-NI-LI et-be-NEKH va-yik-ka-KHE-hu me-khe-KA va-ya-le-HU el-ha-a-li-YA a-SHER-HU yo-SHEV SHAM va-yash-ke-VE-hu al-mit-ta-TO

   and he said to her give {feminine singular imperative} to me {direct object marker} your son and he took him from her bosom and he brought him up to the upper chamber where he was staying there and he laid him down upon his bed

Exegesis

The phrase mecheikah {מֵחֵיקָהּ | mēḥêyiqāh} “from her bosom” underscores intimate closeness, while el-ha-aliyah {אֶל־הָעֲלִיָּ֗ה | ʾel-hāʿălîyyāh} “to the upper room” marks spatial movement into Elijah’s private chamber.

Root and etymology

kh-y-k🔊 ח־י־קkh-y-k

“bosom, lap, embrace”

• 🔊 חָקַקḥā-qǎqto inscribe, embrace closelyProverbs 17:6