1 Samuel 19:14:31 Sam.19.14.W3TAB
מַלְאָכִ֖ים
malekhim
“messengers”
- Transliteration
- mal-e-KHIM
- Extended
- mahl-eh-KHEEM
- IPA
- /mal.ʔaːˈχiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- messengers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mal-e-KHIM
- clause
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM la-KHA-khat et-da-VID
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM la-KHA-khat et-da-VID va-to-MER kho-LEH HU
Exegesis
Sha'ul {שָׁא֛וּל | Šāʼûl} functions as the actor sending mal'akhim {מַלְאָכִ֖ים | malʼāḵīm}, plural agents linked to purpose by the infinitive construct laqachat {לָקַ֣חַת | lāqaḥăt} “to capture.”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:14
Then Saul dispatched messengers to capture David, and she said, “He is ill .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 19:14, so the Hebrew word מַלְאָכִ֖ים (malekhim) 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.19.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.14.W3.S1) and character.