1 Samuel 15:20:161 Sam.15.20.W16TAB
וְאֶת־עֲמָלֵ֖ק
veetamalek
“and the Amalekites”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-a-ma-LEK
- Extended
- veh-eht-ah-maa-LEEK
- IPA
- /vəʔɛt.ʕă.maːˈleːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the Amalekites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-a-ma-LEK
- clause
va-a-VI et-a-GAG ME-lekh a-ma-LEK ve-et-a-ma-LEK he-khe-RAM-e-ti
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-she-mu-EL a-SHER sha-MA-e-ti be-KOL ye-ho-VAH va-e-LEKH ba-DE-rekh a-SHER-she-la-KHA-ni ye-ho-VAH va-a-VI et-a-GAG ME-lekh a-ma-LEK ve-et-a-ma-LEK he-khe-RAM-e-ti
Exegesis
The direct object markers et-agag {אֶת-אֲגַג | ’et-’ă-gag} and ve’et-amelek {וְאֶת-עֲמָלֵק | wə-’et-‘ă-mā-lēq} underscore the specificity of Saul’s actions.
Root and etymology
עמ״לʿ-m-l
“toil, labor”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:20
And Saul said to Samuel, “I fully obeyed the voice of the LORD and traveled the path on which the LORD sent me, and I brought back Agag the king of Amalek, and I utterly destroyed Amalek.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:20:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 15:20, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־עֲמָלֵ֖ק (veetamalek) 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.15.20.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.20.W16.S1) and character.