2 Chronicles 13:10:122 Chr.13.10.W12TAB
בַּמְּלָאכֶֽת׃
bamelakhet
“in the work or in the service”
- Transliteration
- ba-me-la-KHET
- Extended
- bah-meh-laa-KHEHT
- IPA
- /bamməlaːˈxɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the work or in the service
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ba-me-la-KHET
- clause
ve-kho-he-NIM me-sha-re-TIM la-ye-ho-VAH be-NEI a-ha-RON ve-hal-vi-YIM ba-me-la-KHET
- sentence
va-a-NA-khnu ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-nu ve-LO a-za-VE-ne-hu ve-kho-he-NIM me-sha-re-TIM la-ye-ho-VAH be-NEI a-ha-RON ve-hal-vi-YIM ba-me-la-KHET
Exegesis
The final verbless segment vehaleviim bammelakhet {וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם בַּמְּלָאכֶת | wə-hă-lə-wî-yîm bam-mə-lā-khet} ‘and the Levites (are) in the work’ compresses their supporting role into a succinct duty statement, which English renders with an explicit copula or duty verb for clarity.
Root and etymology
m-l-ʾmem–lamed–aleph
“fill”
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:10
But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken Him; and the priests minister to the LORD—sons of Aaron—and the Levites are in the work.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 13:10, so the Hebrew word בַּמְּלָאכֶֽת׃ (bamelakhet) 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 2 Chr.13.10.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.10.W12.S1) and character.