1 Samuel 18:26:131 Sam.18.26.W13TAB
מָלְא֖וּ
maleu
“had been fulfilled”
- Transliteration
- mal-E-u
- Extended
- maal-EH-oo
- IPA
- /mɔlˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- had been fulfilled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mal-E-u
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO mal-E-u
- clause
ve-LO mal-E-u ha-ya-MIM
- sentence
va-yag-GI-du a-va-DAV le-da-VID ET-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yi-SHAR ha-da-VAR be-e-NE da-VID le-hit-khat-TEN ba-ME-lekh ve-LO mal-E-u ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The negative conjunction ve-lo male’u hayamim {וְלֹא מָלְאוּ הַיָּמִים | wə-lōʾ māleʾû hayyāmîm} ‘and the days were not fulfilled’ indicates the customary waiting period remained incomplete. The formal rendering mirrors Hebrew structure and idiomatic expressions, whereas the dynamic version clarifies cultural context and idiomatic meaning for contemporary readers.
Root and etymology
m-l-ʾmem–lamed–aleph
“to fill, complete”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:26
And his servants told David these things, and the matter was pleasing in David’s eyes to marry the king’s daughter, but the days were not fulfilled .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:26:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 18:26, so the Hebrew word מָלְא֖וּ (maleu) 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.18.26.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.26.W13.S1) and character.