1 Samuel 20:5:81 Sam.20.5.W8TAB
עִם־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
imhamelekh
“with the king”
- Transliteration
- im-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ihm-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʕim.haˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
im-ha-ME-lekh le-e-KHOL ve-shi-la-KH-TA-ni ve-nis-tar-TI va-sa-DE ad ha-E-rev ha-she-li-SHIT
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ye-ho-na-TAN hi-NE-KHO-desh ma-KHAR ve-a-no-KHI ya-SHOV-e-SHEV im-ha-ME-lekh le-e-KHOL ve-shi-la-KH-TA-ni ve-nis-tar-TI va-sa-DE ad ha-E-rev ha-she-li-SHIT
Exegesis
Lekha hayom chadash {לְךָ הַיּוֹם חֲדַשׁ} forms a temporal prepositional clause.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“king”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:5
And David said, “Then it will be the new moon day, and you will dine with the king, but I will go and hide myself in the field until the evening of the third day.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 20:5, so the Hebrew word עִם־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (imhamelekh) 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.20.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.5.W8.S1) and character.