1 Samuel 21:11:71 Sam.21.11.W7TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:12
מֶ֣לֶךְ
melekh
“king of”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-YO-meru a-ve-DE a-KHISH e-LAV ha-LO-ze da-VID ME-lekh ha-A-rets ha-LO la-ZE ya-a-NU bam-me-kho-LOT le-MOR hi-KA sha-UL ba-a-la-FAV ve-da-VID be-riv-ve-TAIV
Exegesis
The interrogative haze Dāwîḏ melekh ha-ʾāreṣ {הֲזֶה דָּוִד מֶלֶךְ הָאָרֶץ | hazzeh Dāwîḏ mêlêḵ hāʾāreṣ} ‘Is this David, king of the land?’ sets the challenge.
Root and etymology
RootMem–Lamed–Kaf
“to rule”
In context — 1 Samuel 21:11
And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this David, the king of the land? Is he not the one of whom they sing to one another in dances, saying, ‘Saul has struck his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 21:11, so the Hebrew word מֶ֣לֶךְ (melekh) 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.21.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.11.W7.S1) and character.