1 Samuel 19:16:21 Sam.19.16.W2TAB
הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים
hamalakhim
“the messengers”
- Transliteration
- ha-mal-a-KHIM
- Extended
- hah-mal-ah-KHEEM
- IPA
- /ham.mal.ʔaːˈχiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the messengers
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 | |
| 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
ha-mal-a-KHIM
- clause
va-ya-BO-u ha-mal-a-KHIM ve-hi-NE ha-te-ra-FIM el-ha-mi-TA
- sentence
va-ya-BO-u ha-mal-a-KHIM ve-hi-NE ha-te-ra-FIM el-ha-mi-TA u-khe-VIR ha-i-ZIM me-ra-a-sho-TAV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | wayyāḇō’ū} signaling sequential narrative action by ha-malaḵim {הַמַּלְאָכִים | hammālāḵīm}.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:16
And the messengers entered, and behold, the teraphim were on the bed, with a goats’ hair pillow at its head.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 19:16, so the Hebrew word הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים (hamalakhim) 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.19.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.16.W2.S1) and character.