1 Kings 21:13:171 Kgs.21.13.W17TAB
וָמֶ֑לֶךְ
vamelekh
“and {the} king”
- Transliteration
- va-ME-lekh
- Extended
- vaa-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /vaːˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and {the} king
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
va-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ya-VO-u she-NEI ha-a-na-SHIM be-NEI-ve-li-YA-al va-yesh-VU NEG-do va-ye-di-DU-hu an-she ha-be-li-YA-al et-na-VOT NE-ged ha-AM le-MOR BE-rakh na-VOT e-lo-HIM va-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u she-NEI ha-a-na-SHIM be-NEI-ve-li-YA-al va-yesh-VU NEG-do va-ye-di-DU-hu an-she ha-be-li-YA-al et-na-VOT NE-ged ha-AM le-MOR BE-rakh na-VOT e-lo-HIM va-ME-lekh va-yo-tsi-U-hu mi-KHUTS la-IR va-yis-ke-LU-hu va-a-va-NIM va-ya-MOT
In context — 1 Kings 21:13
And the two men, sons of worthlessness, came and sat opposite him; and the sons of worthlessness testified against Naboth before the people, saying, “Naboth has blessed God and the king.” Then they brought him outside the city and stoned him with stones, and he died.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:13:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 21:13, so the Hebrew word וָמֶ֑לֶךְ (vamelekh) 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.21.13.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.13.W17.S1) and character.