1 Samuel 19:20:151 Sam.19.20.W15TAB
עַֽל־מַלְאֲכֵ֤י
almalakhe
“upon the messengers of”
- Transliteration
- al-mal-a-KHE
- Extended
- ahl-mahl-ah-KHEH
- IPA
- /ʕal.mal.ʔăˈχeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the messengers of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
al-mal-a-KHE
- phraseyour reading level
al-mal-a-KHE sha-UL
- clause
vat-te-HI al-mal-a-KHE sha-UL RU-akh e-lo-HIM va-yit-na-be-U gam-HE-ma
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-a-KHIM la-ka-KHAT et-da-VID va-yar-E et-la-ha-KAT han-ne-vi-IM nib-be-IM u-she-mu-EL o-MED nits-TSAV a-le-HEM vat-te-HI al-mal-a-KHE sha-UL RU-akh e-lo-HIM va-yit-na-be-U gam-HE-ma
Exegesis
The experiential clause introduced by vattəhî {וַתְּהִ֞י | watt·ə·hî} leads to the prepositional phrase ʿal malkê šāʾûl {עַל־מַלְאֲכֵי שָׁאוּל | ʿal mal·ʾă·ḵê šāʾûl} ‘upon Saul’s messengers’ and the compound rūaḥ ʾĕ·lōhîm {רוּחַ אֱלֹהִים | rū·aḥ ʾĕ·lō·hîm} ‘Spirit of God’, indicating divine agency.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:20
And Saul sent messengers to take David, and when they saw the band of prophets prophesying with Samuel standing as leader over them, the Spirit of God came upon Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:20:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 19:20, so the Hebrew word עַֽל־מַלְאֲכֵ֤י (almalakhe) 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.19.20.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.20.W15.S1) and character.