1 Samuel 22:16:51 Sam.22.16.W5TAB
אֲחִימֶ֑לֶךְ
akhimelekh
“Ahimelech”
- Transliteration
- a-khi-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ah-khih-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔăħiˈmɛ.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
- clause
va-YO-mer ham-ME-lekh MOT ta-MUT a-khi-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-YO-mer ham-ME-lekh MOT ta-MUT a-khi-ME-lekh a-TA ve-KHOL-BET a-VI-kha
Exegesis
The proper name ’ăḥîmeleḵ {אֲחִימֶ֑לֶךְ | ʾă·ḥî·meleḵ} is vocative, followed by the independent pronoun ’attâ {אַתָּ֖ה | ʾatt·ā} ‘you’ to specify the addressee.
Root and etymology
Rootm-l-k
“to reign”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:16
But the king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all the house of your father .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 22:16, so the Hebrew word אֲחִימֶ֑לֶךְ (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.22.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.16.W5.S1) and character.