1 Samuel 15:18:81 Sam.15.18.W8TAB
אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֔ק
etamalek
“Amalek”
- Transliteration
- et-a-ma-LEK
- Extended
- eht-ah-mah-LEEK
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʕa.maːˈleːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- Amalek
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
et-a-ma-LEK
- clause
va-yo-MER LEKH ve-ha-kha-ram-TA et-ha-kha-ta-IM et-a-ma-LEK ve-nil-kha-MA VO AD ka-lo-TAHM o-TAM
- sentence
va-yish-la-kha-KHA ye-ho-VAH be-DA-rekh va-yo-MER LEKH ve-ha-kha-ram-TA et-ha-kha-ta-IM et-a-ma-LEK ve-nil-kha-MA VO AD ka-lo-TAHM o-TAM
Exegesis
The hiphil perfect wə-ḥă-răm-tā {וְהַחֲרַמְתָּ֞ | and you devoted to destruction} intensifies the command, targeting ha-ḥat-tā-ʼīm {הַחַטָּאִים | the sinners} and ʻAmā-lēḵ {עֲמָלֵק | Amalek} via the direct-object marker ʾet {אֶת־}.
Root and etymology
עמ״לʿ-m-l
“toil, labor”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:18
And the LORD sent you on a journey and said, “Go and utterly devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight them until you have completely finished them.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 15:18, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֔ק (etamalek) 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 Sam.15.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.18.W8.S1) and character.