1 Samuel 15:8:31 Sam.15.8.W3TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־עֲמָלֵ֖ק
mehlekhahmalek
“king of Amalek”
- Transliteration
- meh-lekh-ah-ma-LEK
- Extended
- meh-lekh-ah-ma-LEHK
- IPA
- /mɛ.lɛx.ʕa.maˈlɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Amalek
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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
meh-lekh-ah-ma-LEK
- phraseyour reading level
et-a-GAG meh-lekh-ah-ma-LEK
- clause
va-yit-POS et-a-GAG meh-lekh-ah-ma-LEK KHAI
- sentence
va-yit-POS et-a-GAG meh-lekh-ah-ma-LEK KHAI ve-et-KOL-ha-AM he-khe-RIM leh-fee-KHA-rev
Exegesis
The direct object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} marks ʾaḡag {אֲגַ֥ג | ʾaḡag} ‘Agag’, further specified by the construct phrase mēleḵ {מֶֽלֶךְ | mēleḵ} ‘king’ and ʿămalēq {עֲמָלֵ֖ק | ʿămalēq} ‘of Amalek’.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־כ
“to rule”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:8
And he captured Agag, the king of Amalek, alive, and devoted all the people to destruction by the edge of the sword .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 15:8, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־עֲמָלֵ֖ק (mehlekhahmalek) 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.15.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.8.W3.S1) and character.