1 Samuel 16:1:221 Sam.16.1.W22TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ׃
melekh
“a king”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- a king
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh
- 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
The conjunction kî {כִּֽי־ | kî} ‘because’ introduces the perfect rāʼîṯî {רָאִ֧יתִי | rāʼîṯî} ‘I have seen,’ with bǝbānāw {בְּבָנָ֛יו | bǝbānāw} ‘among his sons’ and lî mēleḵ {לִ֖י מֶֽלֶךְ | lî mēleḵ} ‘for me a king,’ highlighting divine selection.
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 16:1:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 1 Samuel 16:1, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ׃ (melekh) 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.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.1.W22.S1) and character.