1 Samuel 16:1:121 Sam.16.1.W12TAB
מַלֵּ֨א
male
“fill”
- Transliteration
- ma-LE
- Extended
- mah-LEE
- IPA
- /malˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- fill
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-LE
- phraseyour reading level
ma-LE kar-ne-KHA
- clause
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
- 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
Imperatives mallē {מַלֵּ֨א | mallē} ‘fill’ and wǝlēḵ {וְלֵ֤ךְ | wǝlēḵ} ‘and go’ initiate the prophetic mission.
Root and etymology
m-l-ʾ
“messenger, envoy”
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 16:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 16:1, so the Hebrew word מַלֵּ֨א (male) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.1.W12.S1) and character.