1 Kings 19:9:101 Kgs.19.9.W10TAB
מַה־לְּךָ֥
malekha
“what to you”
- Transliteration
- ma-le-KHA
- Extended
- mah-leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /mah.ləˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what to you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ma-le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ma-le-KHA PO
- clause
ve-hin-NE de-var-ye-ho-VAH e-LAV va-yo-MER LO ma-le-KHA PO e-li-YA-hu
- sentence
va-ya-VO-SHAM el-ha-me-a-RA va-ya-LEN SHAM ve-hin-NE de-var-ye-ho-VAH e-LAV va-yo-MER LO ma-le-KHA PO e-li-YA-hu
Exegesis
The idiomatic interrogation mah-le-kha po {מַה־לְּךָ פֹה | māh-lekkā pō} ‘What are you doing here’ directs the inquiry, culminating in the direct address eliyahu {אֵלִיָּהוּ | ʾĕlīyyāhū} ‘Elijah’. The sequence of vav-consecutive verbs creates a rhythmic progression from movement to rest and divine encounter.
Root and etymology
Rootheh–lamed–kaph
“to walk”
In context — 1 Kings 19:9
He went there to a cave and spent the night. Then the word of the LORD came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 19:9, so the Hebrew word מַה־לְּךָ֥ (malekha) 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.19.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.9.W10.S1) and character.