1 Samuel 16:1:101 Sam.16.1.W10TAB
מִמְּלֹ֖ךְ
mimmelokh
“from reigning”
- Transliteration
- mim-me-LOKH
- Extended
- mihm-meh-LOHKH
- IPA
- /mim.məˈloːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- from reigning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mim-me-LOKH
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH el-she-mu-EL ad-ma-TAI a-TA mit-a-BEL el-sha-UL va-a-NI me-as-TIV mim-me-LOKH al-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH el-she-mu-EL ad-ma-TAI a-TA mit-a-BEL el-sha-UL va-a-NI me-as-TIV mim-me-LOKH al-yis-ra-EL ma-LE kar-ne-KHA SHE-men ve-LEKH e-she-la-kha-KHA el-yi-SHAI BET-ha-lakh-MI ki-ra-I-ti be-va-NAV LI ME-lekh
Exegesis
The perfect məʼāstîw {מְאַסְתִּ֔יו | məʼāstîw} ‘I have rejected him’ with mimməlōḵ {מִמְּלֹ֖ךְ | mimməlōḵ} ‘from reigning’ expresses completed divine action.
Root and etymology
Rootm-l-k
“king, ruler”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:1
And the LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have seen for myself a king among his sons.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 16:1, so the Hebrew word מִמְּלֹ֖ךְ (mimmelokh) 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.16.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.1.W10.S1) and character.