2 Samuel 14:20:132 Sam.14.20.W13TAB
מַלְאַ֣ךְ
malakh
“an angel of”
- Transliteration
- mal-AKH
- Extended
- mahl-AKH
- IPA
- /malˈʔaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- an angel of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
mal-AKH
- phraseyour reading level
mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-do-NI kha-KHAM ke-khokh-MAT mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM la-da-AT et-kal-a-SHER ba-A-rets
- sentence
le-va-a-VUR sa-BEV et-pe-NE ha-da-VAR a-SA av-de-KHA yo-AV et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE va-do-NI kha-KHAM ke-khokh-MAT mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM la-da-AT et-kal-a-SHER ba-A-rets
Exegesis
A vav-consecutive clause, va-adoni chacham {וַאדֹנִי חָכָם | wa-’ă-do-nî ḥā-kām ‘and my lord is wise’}, introduces the analogy ke-chokhmat mal’akh ha-Elohim {כְּחָכְמַת מַלְאָךְ הָאֱלֹהִים | kə-ḥākh-mat mal-’ākh hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm ‘like the wisdom of the angel of God’}.
Root and etymology
l-’-k
“messenger, envoy”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:20
For the sake of turning the course of this matter, your servant Joab did this thing. And my lord is wise, like the wisdom of an angel of God , to know all that is in the land .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:20:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 14:20, so the Hebrew word מַלְאַ֣ךְ (malakh) 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.14.20.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.20.W13.S1) and character.