1 Samuel 18:8:171 Sam.18.8.W17TAB
אַ֥ךְ
akh
“only”
- Transliteration
- AKH
- Extended
- AHKH
- IPA
- /ˈʔaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- only
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
AKH
- phraseyour reading level
AKH ham-me-lu-KHA
- clause
ve-OD LO AKH ham-me-lu-KHA
- sentence
va-yik-HAR le-sha-UL me-OD va-ye-RA be-e-NA-v ha-da-VAR ha-ZE va-yo-MER na-te-NU le-da-VID re-va-VOT ve-LI na-te-NU ha-a-la-FIM ve-OD LO AKH ham-me-lu-KHA
Exegesis
The adversative particle ’ăkh {אַךְ | ’ăkh} in wə-’ōḏ lô ’ăkh hā-mə-lû-kāh {וְע֥וֹד ל֖וֹ אַ֥ךְ הַמְּלוּכָֽה | wə-’ōḏ lô ’ăkh hā-mə-lû-kāh} heightens the rhetorical question about the kingdom.
In context — 1 Samuel 18:8
And Saul was exceedingly angry, and this matter deeply displeased him. He said, “They have given to David tens of thousands, and to me only thousands; what more can he have but the kingdom ?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:8:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Samuel 18:8, so the Hebrew word אַ֥ךְ (akh) 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.18.8.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.8.W17.S1) and character.