1 Samuel 18:8:181 Sam.18.8.W18TAB
הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃
hammelukha
“the kingdom”
- Transliteration
- ham-me-lu-KHA
- Extended
- hahm-meh-loo-KHAA
- IPA
- /ham.məluːˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the kingdom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ham-me-lu-KHA
- 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.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign, be king”
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 18:8:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 18:8, so the Hebrew word הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃ (hammelukha) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.8.W18.S1) and character.