1 Kings 20:9:181 Kgs.20.9.W18TAB
הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים
hamalakhim
“the messengers”
- Transliteration
- ha-mal-a-KHIM
- Extended
- hah-mal-ah-KHEEM
- IPA
- /hammal.ʔaˈχiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the messengers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
ha-mal-a-KHIM
- clause
va-ye-le-KHU ha-mal-a-KHIM va-ye-shi-VU-hu da-VAR
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-mal-a-KHE ben-ha-DAD im-RU la-do-NI ha-ME-lekh KOL a-sher-sha-LAKH-ta el-av-DE-kha va-ri-sho-NA e-e-SE ve-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT va-ye-le-KHU ha-mal-a-KHIM va-ye-shi-VU-hu da-VAR
Exegesis
Finally, vayelchu hamalakhim vayeshibuhu davar {וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים וַיְשִׁבֻ֖הוּ דָּבָֽר | wā-yē-le-khû ha-mal-ʾa-khîm wā-yĕ-šî-bû-hû dā-ḇār} ‘and the messengers went and brought him back word’ resumes the narrative report.
In context — 1 Kings 20:9
And he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad , “Say to my lord the king, ‘All that you sent to your servant at first I will do, but this thing I am not able to do.’” And the messengers went and brought him back word.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:9:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Kings 20:9, so the Hebrew word הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים (hamalakhim) 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.20.9.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.9.W18.S1) and character.