1 Kings 20:6:41 Kgs.20.6.W4TAB
אֶשְׁלַ֤ח
eshelakh
“I will send”
- Transliteration
- e-she-LAKH
- Extended
- eh-sheh-LAHKH
- IPA
- /ʔɛʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will send
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
e-she-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
e-she-LAKH et-a-va-DAI
- clause
KI im-ka-ET ma-KHAR e-she-LAKH et-a-va-DAI e-LE-kha ve-khip-pe-SU et-BET-kha ve-ET ba-TE a-va-DE-kha
- sentence
KI im-ka-ET ma-KHAR e-she-LAKH et-a-va-DAI e-LE-kha ve-khip-pe-SU et-BET-kha ve-ET ba-TE a-va-DE-kha ve-ha-YA kol-makh-MAD e-NE-kha ya-SI-mu be-ya-DAM ve-la-KHU
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect ’ešlāḥ {אֶשְׁלַח | ’ešlāḥ} conveys the speaker’s resolute intent.
Root and etymology
shin-lamed-chetsh-l-ḥ
“to send”
In context — 1 Kings 20:6
Nevertheless, about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants. And everything precious in your eyes they will place in their hand and carry it away.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 20:6, so the Hebrew word אֶשְׁלַ֤ח (eshelakh) 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.20.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.6.W4.S1) and character.