2 Samuel 13:30:112 Sam.13.30.W11TAB
הַמֶּ֔לֶך
hamelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
et-kol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh
- clause
hi-KA av-sha-LOM et-kol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh ve-LO-no-TAR me-HEM e-KHAD
- sentence
va-ye-HI HE-ma ba-DE-rekh ve-hash-she-mu-A ba-A el-da-VID le-MOR hi-KA av-sha-LOM et-kol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh ve-LO-no-TAR me-HEM e-KHAD
Exegesis
The hiphil perfect hiqqah {הִכָּה | hiqqāh} ‘has struck down’ attributes the causative action to avshalom {אַבְשָׁלוֹם | ʾavšālōm}, with et marking the definite object kol bene hamelech {כָּל־בְּנֵ֣י הַמֶּלֶךְ | kol bənê hameleḵ} ‘all the king’s sons.’
Root and etymology
מ־ל־כ
“to reign, king”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:30
And it happened, as they were on the way, that the report came to David, saying, “Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons, and not one of them remains.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:30:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 13:30, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֔לֶך (hamelekh) 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 Sam.13.30.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.30.W11.S1) and character.