1 Samuel 15:5:41 Sam.15.5.W4TAB

עֲמָלֵ֑ק

amalek

Amalek

Transliteration
a-ma-LEK
Extended
ah-ma-LEEK
IPA
/ʕămaːˈleːq/

Meaning by language

English
Amalek

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
עֲ + מָ + לֵ֑ק
a + ma + lek
amalek

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Qofq — deep k, uvular

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-ma-LEK

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ad-EER a-ma-LEK

  3. clause

    va-ya-BO shaa-UL ad-EER a-ma-LEK

  4. sentence

    va-ya-BO shaa-UL ad-EER a-ma-LEK va-ya-REV ba-NAA-khal

Root and etymology

עמ״לʿ-m-l

toil, labor

In context1 Samuel 15:5

Saul came up to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley .

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 15:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 15:5, so the Hebrew word עֲמָלֵ֑ק (amalek) 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.15.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.5.W4.S1) and character.