מִלֵּא֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִלֵּא֙

   mi-LE

   he filled
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִלֵּא֙

   a-SHER mi-LE

   which he filled
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֣הוּ בְקִבְרֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּֽרָה־לוֹ֮ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִיד֒ וַיַּשְׁכִּיבֻ֗הוּ בַּמִּשְׁכָּב֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִלֵּא֙ בְּשָׂמִ֣ים וּזְנִ֔ים מְרֻקָּחִ֖ים בְּמִרְקַ֣חַת מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה

   va-yik-be-RU-hu ve-kiv-ro-TAV a-SHER ka-RA-lo be-IR da-VID va-yash-ki-VU-hu ba-mish-KAV a-SHER mi-LE be-sa-MIM u-ze-NIM me-ru-ka-KHIM be-mir-ka-KHAT ma-a-SE

   and they buried him in his tombs which he dug out for himself or for him in the city of David and they laid him on the couch which he filled with spices and kinds or sorts mixed or compounded in a mixture or in a compound work of
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֣הוּ בְקִבְרֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּֽרָה־לוֹ֮ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִיד֒ וַיַּשְׁכִּיבֻ֗הוּ בַּמִּשְׁכָּב֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִלֵּא֙ בְּשָׂמִ֣ים וּזְנִ֔ים מְרֻקָּחִ֖ים בְּמִרְקַ֣חַת מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ־ל֥וֹ שְׂרֵפָ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֥ה עַד־לִמְאֹֽד׃

   va-yik-be-RU-hu ve-kiv-ro-TAV a-SHER ka-RA-lo be-IR da-VID va-yash-ki-VU-hu ba-mish-KAV a-SHER mi-LE be-sa-MIM u-ze-NIM me-ru-ka-KHIM be-mir-ka-KHAT ma-a-SE va-yis-re-FU-lo se-RE-fa ge-do-LA ad-li-me-OD

   and they buried him in his tombs which he dug out for himself or for him in the city of David and they laid him on the couch which he filled with spices and kinds or sorts mixed or compounded in a mixture or in a compound work of and they burned for him a burning great unto very much or exceedingly

Exegesis

The following asher clause with mille {מִלֵּא | mil-lē-ʾ} ‘he filled’ enumerates besamim {בְּשָׂמִים | bə-sā-mîm} ‘spices’ and uznim {וּזְנִים | uz-nîm} ‘various kinds’, modified by the Pual participle merukkahim {מְרֻקָּחִים | mer-uk-ka-ḥîm} ‘blended’.

Root and etymology

lamed–aleph–kaf🔊 ל–א–ך

“work, task, craftsmanship”

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