1 Samuel 22:20:31 Sam.22.20.W3TAB
לַאֲחִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙
laakhimelekh
“to Ahimelech”
- Transliteration
- la-a-khi-ME-lekh
- Extended
- lah-ah-khih-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /la.ʔăħiˈmɛlɛx/
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
- clause
va-yim-ma-LET ben-e-KHAD la-a-khi-ME-lekh ben-a-khi-TUV u-she-MO ev-ya-TAR
- sentence
va-yim-ma-LET ben-e-KHAD la-a-khi-ME-lekh ben-a-khi-TUV u-she-MO ev-ya-TAR va-yiv-RAKH a-kha-RE da-VID
Exegesis
In the construct chain la’achimelech ben-ahitub {לַאֲחִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ בֶּן־אֲחִיט֔וּב | laˀ·ă·chi·mē·lėḵ ben·ă·ḥī·ṭūḇ} ‘to Ahimelech son of Ahitub’, the genitive constructs mark lineage.
Root and etymology
m-l-khm-l-kh
“king, ruler”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:20
But one son of Ahimelech , son of Ahitub, escaped; his name was Abiathar, and he fled after David .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 22:20, so the Hebrew word לַאֲחִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ (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.22.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.20.W3.S1) and character.