1 Samuel 18:23:131 Sam.18.23.W13TAB
בַּמֶּ֔לֶךְ
bamelekh
“to the king”
- Transliteration
- ba-ME-lekh
- Extended
- bah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /bamˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ba-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
hit-khat-TEN ba-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yo-MER da-VID han-ka-LA ve-e-ne-KHEM hit-khat-TEN ba-ME-lekh ve-a-no-KHI ish-RASH ve-nik-LE
- sentence
va-ye-da-be-RU av-DE sha-UL be-oz-NE da-VID et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yo-MER da-VID han-ka-LA ve-e-ne-KHEM hit-khat-TEN ba-ME-lekh ve-a-no-KHI ish-RASH ve-nik-LE
Exegesis
The Hitpael stem of hittaten {הִתְחַתֵּ֣ן | hittāten} ‘became son-in-law’ conveys the reflexive act of marriage to the king (bamelekh {בַּמֶּ֔לֶךְ | bammeleḵ}).
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–kaf
“king, ruler”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:23
And the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David, and David said, “Does it seem a small matter in your eyes to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor and lightly regarded man?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:23:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 18:23, so the Hebrew word בַּמֶּ֔לֶךְ (bamelekh) 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.18.23.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.23.W13.S1) and character.