1 Samuel 19:11:151 Sam.19.11.W15TAB

מְמַלֵּ֤ט

memallet

escaping

Transliteration
me-mal-LET
Extended
meh-mahl-LEET
IPA
/məmalˈleːt/

Meaning by language

English
escaping

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מְ + מַל + לֵּ֤ט
me + mal + let
memallet

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tett — emphatic

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-mal-LET

  2. phraseyour reading level

    me-mal-LET et-naf-she-KHA

  3. clause

    va-tag-GED le-da-VID mi-KHAL ish-TO le-mor im-EN-kha me-mal-LET et-naf-she-KHA ha-LAI-la ma-KHAR a-TA mu-MAT

  4. sentence

    va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM el-BET da-VID le-sha-me-RO ve-la-ha-mi-TO ba-BO-ker va-tag-GED le-da-VID mi-KHAL ish-TO le-mor im-EN-kha me-mal-LET et-naf-she-KHA ha-LAI-la ma-KHAR a-TA mu-MAT

Exegesis

The conditional clause employs ʾênkā {אֵ֨ינְךָ֜ | ʾênkā} ‘you are not’ plus the Piel imperfect memallēṭ {מְמַלֵּ֤ט | memallēṭ} ‘escape’ and object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} before nap̄šĕkkā {נַפְשְׁךָ֙ | nap̄šĕkkā} ‘your life’.

Root and etymology

Rootmem–lamed–tet

to escape, slip away

In context1 Samuel 19:11

Saul sent messengers to David’s house to keep watch and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, his wife, warned David, saying, “If you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be slain.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 19:11:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 19:11, so the Hebrew word מְמַלֵּ֤ט (memallet) 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.19.11.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.11.W15.S1) and character.