1 Samuel 15:6:81 Sam.15.6.W8TAB
עֲמָלֵקִ֗י
amaleki
“Amalekite”
- Transliteration
- a-ma-le-KI
- Extended
- ah-maa-leh-KEE
- IPA
- /ʕămaːleːˈqiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Amalekite
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ma-le-KI
- phraseyour reading level
mi-TOKH a-ma-le-KI
- clause
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
- 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 prepositional phrase mitôḵ {מִתּוֹךְ | mitôḵ} ‘from the midst of’ with ʿămālēqî {עֲמָלֵקִ֗י | ʿămālēqî} ‘Amalekite’ establishes setting.
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 15:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 15:6, so the Hebrew word עֲמָלֵקִ֗י (amaleki) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.6.W8.S1) and character.