2 Samuel 14:15:142 Sam.14.15.W14TAB
אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
elhamelekh
“to the king”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ehl-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
a-da-be-RA-na el-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-TO-mer shif-kha-TE-kha a-da-be-RA-na el-ha-ME-lekh u-LAI ya-a-SE ha-ME-lekh et-de-VAR a-ma-TO
- sentence
ve-a-TA a-sher-ba-TI le-da-BER el-ha-ME-lekh a-do-NI et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE KI ye-re-U-ni ha-AM va-TO-mer shif-kha-TE-kha a-da-be-RA-na el-ha-ME-lekh u-LAI ya-a-SE ha-ME-lekh et-de-VAR a-ma-TO
Exegesis
The indirect object el-ha-melekh {אֶל־הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ | ʾel-ham-mê-lek} ‘to the king’ with honorific adoni {אֲדֹנִי֙ | ʾă-do-nî} ‘my lord’ frames a formal royal petition.
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“to reign”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:15
And now that I have come to speak to the king, my lord, about this matter because the people have made me afraid. And your maidservant said, “Let me speak, please, to the king; perhaps he will grant the petition of his maidservant.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:15:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 14:15, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (elhamelekh) 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.14.15.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.15.W14.S1) and character.