1 Samuel 21:2:31 Sam.21.2.W3TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:3
לַאֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ
laakhimelekh
“to Ahimelech”
- Transliteration
- la-a-khi-ME-lekh
- Extended
- lah-ah-khih-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /la.ʔăħiˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Ahimelech
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
la-a-khi-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
la-a-khi-ME-lekh ha-ko-HEN
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID la-a-khi-ME-lekh ha-ko-HEN ha-ME-lekh tsi-VA-ni da-VAR va-YO-mer E-lai ISH al-ye-DA me-u-MA et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER-a-NO-khi sho-LE-kha-kha va-a-SHER tsi-VI-ti-kha ve-et-ha-ne-a-RIM yo-DA-ti el-me-KOM pe-lo-NI
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID la-a-khi-ME-lekh ha-ko-HEN ha-ME-lekh tsi-VA-ni da-VAR va-YO-mer E-lai ISH al-ye-DA me-u-MA et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER-a-NO-khi sho-LE-kha-kha va-a-SHER tsi-VI-ti-kha ve-et-ha-ne-a-RIM yo-DA-ti el-me-KOM pe-lo-NI al-mo-NI
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ’et} marks Ahimelekh {אֲחִימֶלֶךְ | ’ă-ḥî-mê-leḵ} ha-kohen {הַכֹּהֵן | ha-kō-hên}, while the adverb ha-hen {הָהֵן | hā-hên} situates the account in time.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־ך
“ruler”
In context — 1 Samuel 21:2
And David answered Ahimelech the priest at that time and said to him, “The king has charged me and said to me, ‘Let no one know what I have sent you to do.’ And I said to my men, ‘Hide me in a place.’”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 21:2, so the Hebrew word לַאֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ (laakhimelekh) 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.21.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.2.W3.S1) and character.