1 Samuel 22:11:151 Sam.22.11.W15TAB
אֶל־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
elhamelekh
“to the king”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ehl-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ya-VO-u khu-LAM el-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh lik-RO et-a-khi-ME-lekh ben-a-khi-TUV ha-ko-HEN ve-ET kol-BET a-VIV ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER be-NOV va-ya-VO-u khu-LAM el-ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The narrative concludes with the vav consecutive verb vayavou {וַיָּבֹאוּ | wayyā·ḇō·ʾû} ‘and they came’ with the collective pronoun kullam {כֻלָּ֖ם | kullām} ‘all of them’, and the prepositional phrase el hamelech {אֶל־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ | ʾel-ham·melek} ‘to the king’, underscoring the collective compliance with royal command.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to rule”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:11
And the king sent to summon Ahimelech son of Ahitub the priest, and all the house of his father, the priests who were at Nob; and they all came to the king.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:11:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 22:11, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (elhamelekh) 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.22.11.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.11.W15.S1) and character.