1 Samuel 15:6:211 Sam.15.6.W21TAB
עֲמָלֵֽק׃
amalek
“Amalek”
- Transliteration
- a-ma-LEK
- Extended
- ah-maa-LEEK
- IPA
- /ʕămaːˈleːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- Amalek
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ma-LEK
- phraseyour reading level
mi-TOKH a-ma-LEK
- clause
va-ya-SAR kei-NI mi-TOKH a-ma-LEK
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-ha-KEI-ni le-KHU su-RU re-DU mi-TOKH a-ma-le-KI pen-oh-SIF-kha i-MO ve-a-TA a-SI-ta KHE-sed im-kol-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ba-a-lo-TAM mi-mits-RA-yim va-ya-SAR kei-NI mi-TOKH a-ma-LEK
Exegesis
The narrative resumes with wayyāsar {וַיָּסַר | wayyāsar} ‘and he withdrew’, describing the Kenite, qê·nî {קֵינִי | qê·nî} ‘Kenite’, leaving mitôḵ {מִתּוֹךְ | mitôḵ} ‘amid’ ʿămālēq {עֲמָלֵֽק | ʿămālēq} ‘Amalek’. The vav-consecutive and the threefold imperative pattern reinforce causality and the seriousness of the command.
Root and etymology
עמ״לʿ-m-l
“toil, labor”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:6
And Saul said to the Kenite , “Go, turn aside, depart from among the Amalekites, lest I gather you with him; for you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenite departed from among the Amalekites.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:6:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 1 Samuel 15:6, so the Hebrew word עֲמָלֵֽק׃ (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.15.6.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.6.W21.S1) and character.