1 Samuel 21:1:71 Sam.21.1.W7TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:2
אֲחִימֶ֜לֶךְ
akhimelekh
“Ahimelech”
- Transliteration
- a-khi-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ah-khih-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔăħiːˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ahimelech
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
a-khi-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-khe-RAD a-khi-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ye-khe-RAD a-khi-ME-lekh lik-RA-et da-VID va-yo-MER LO ma-DU-a a-TA le-vad-DE-kha ve-ISH EN it-TAKH
- sentence
va-ya-BO da-VID NO-ve el-a-khi-ME-lekh ha-ko-HEN va-ye-khe-RAD a-khi-ME-lekh lik-RA-et da-VID va-yo-MER LO ma-DU-a a-TA le-vad-DE-kha ve-ISH EN it-TAKH
Exegesis
The motion toward the priest is marked by el-Ahimelech {אֶל־אַחִימֶלֶךְ | ʾel-ʾaḥīmeleḵ} ‘to Ahimelech’, and the occasion of fear is indicated by be-pigsho {בְּפִגְשׁוֹ | bə-pigšôʾ} ‘at his meeting’.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־ך
“ruler”
In context — 1 Samuel 21:1
And David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembled when he met him, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no man is with you?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 21:1, so the Hebrew word אֲחִימֶ֜לֶךְ (akhimelekh) 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.21.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.1.W7.S1) and character.