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
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ma-LEK
- phraseyour reading level
ad-EER a-ma-LEK
- clause
va-ya-BO shaa-UL ad-EER a-ma-LEK
- 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 context — 1 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.