1 Kings 20:9:21 Kgs.20.9.W2TAB
לְמַלְאֲכֵ֣י
lemalakhe
“to the messengers of”
- Transliteration
- le-mal-a-KHE
- Extended
- leh-mal-ah-KHEE
- IPA
- /ləmal.ʔaˈχeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the messengers of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-mal-a-KHE
- phraseyour reading level
le-mal-a-KHE ben-ha-DAD
- clause
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
- 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
The clause vedhadavar hazeh lo ukhal laasot {וְהַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה לֹ֥א אוּכַ֖ל לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת | wə-ha-dā-ḇār ha-zzeh lōʾ ʾū-khal la-ʿă-śôt} ‘but this thing I am not able to do’ asserts inability.
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 20:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 20:9, so the Hebrew word לְמַלְאֲכֵ֣י (lemalakhe) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.9.W2.S1) and character.