1 Samuel 19:17:111 Sam.19.17.W11TAB

מִיכַל֙

mikhal

Michal

Transliteration
mi-KHAL
Extended
mih-KHAAL
IPA
/miˈχaːl/

Meaning by language

English
Michal

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Result
מִי + כַל֙
mi + khal
mikhal

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    mi-KHAL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-to-MER mi-KHAL

  3. clause

    va-to-MER mi-KHAL el-sha-UL HU-a-a-MAR e-LAI shal-khe-NI la-MA a-mi-TEKH

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER sha-UL el-mi-KHAL LA-ma KA-kha rim-mi-TI-ni va-te-shal-LE-KHI et-o-ye-VI va-yim-ma-LET va-to-MER mi-KHAL el-sha-UL HU-a-a-MAR e-LAI shal-khe-NI la-MA a-mi-TEKH

Exegesis

The construct ʼel-miḵāl {אֶל־מִיכַ֗ל | ʼel-miḵāl} with maqqef indicates “to Michal.”

Root and etymology

RootKaf–Lamed–Lamed

all; entire

In context1 Samuel 19:17

And Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and sent away my enemy , so that he has escaped?” And Michal said to Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go. Why should I kill you?’”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 19:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 19:17, so the Hebrew word מִיכַל֙ (mikhal) 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.19.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.17.W11.S1) and character.