1 Kings 20:16:81 Kgs.20.16.W8TAB
וְהַמְּלָכִ֛ים
vehammelakhim
“and the kings”
- Transliteration
- ve-ham-me-la-KHIM
- Extended
- veh-hahm-meh-lah-KHEEM
- IPA
- /vəhamməlaˈxiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the kings
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ham-me-la-KHIM
- phraseyour reading level
HU ve-ham-me-la-KHIM
- clause
u-ven-ha-DAD sho-TE shi-KOR ba-su-KOT HU ve-ham-me-la-KHIM she-lo-SHIM-u-she-NA-YIM ME-lekh o-ZER o-TO
- sentence
va-ye-tsE-U ba-tso-ha-ra-YIM u-ven-ha-DAD sho-TE shi-KOR ba-su-KOT HU ve-ham-me-la-KHIM she-lo-SHIM-u-she-NA-YIM ME-lekh o-ZER o-TO
Exegesis
The coordination vehammeleḵim {וְהַמְּלָכִ֛ים | wə·ham·mā·lă·ḵîm} ‘and the kings’ merges with the compound numeral sheloshim-ushnayim {שְׁלֹשִֽׁים־וּשְׁנַ֥יִם | šelō·šīm u·šnayim} ‘thirty-two’, concluding with melekh ’ō·zēr ô·ṯô {מֶ֖לֶךְ עֹזֵ֥ר אֹתֽוֹ | mê·leḵ ’ō·zēr ô·ṯô} ‘kings helping him’, which together depict the allied force. The English translation employs explicit coordination and participial clauses to mirror Hebrew verb chains and maintain the simultaneity of action and state.
In context — 1 Kings 20:16
And they went out at noon , and Ben-Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the tents —he and the thirty-two kings assisting him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 20:16, so the Hebrew word וְהַמְּלָכִ֛ים (vehammelakhim) 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.20.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.16.W8.S1) and character.