1 Samuel 22:14:121 Sam.22.14.W12TAB
אֶל־מִשְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ךָ
elmishmatekha
“over your guard or your obedience”
- Transliteration
- el-mish-MA-te-kha
- Extended
- ehl-mihsh-MAH-teh-khah
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.miʃmaʕtˈtɛχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- over your guard or your obedience
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-mish-MA-te-kha
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SAR el-mish-MA-te-kha
- clause
u-MI ve-khol-a-va-DE-kha ke-da-VID ne-e-MAN va-kha-TAN ha-ME-lekh ve-SAR el-mish-MA-te-kha ve-nikh-BAD be-VE-te-kha
- sentence
va-YA-an a-khi-ME-lekh et-ha-ME-lekh va-YO-mar u-MI ve-khol-a-va-DE-kha ke-da-VID ne-e-MAN va-kha-TAN ha-ME-lekh ve-SAR el-mish-MA-te-kha ve-nikh-BAD be-VE-te-kha
Exegesis
wə-nīkbaḏ lists David’s relational and official functions—son-in-law, officer to mišmaʿtekā {מִשְׁמַעְתֶּךָ | your command}, and honored in bə-bêyteḵā {בְּבֵיתֶךָ | your house}—preserving the cumulative emphasis and original Hebrew word order.
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿ
“to hear, obey”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:14
And Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is like David , the king’s son-in-law, captain over your bodyguard , and honored in your house?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 22:14, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מִשְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ךָ (elmishmatekha) 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.22.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.14.W12.S1) and character.