2 Samuel 14:26:182 Sam.14.26.W18TAB
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
hamelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛlɛx/
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
be-E-ven ha-ME-lekh
- clause
ve-sha-KAL et-se-AR ro-SHO ma-TA-yim she-ka-LIM be-E-ven ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
u-ve-gal-KHO et-RO-sho ve-ha-YA mik-KETS ya-MIM la-ya-MIM a-SHER ye-gal-LE-akh ki-kha-VED a-LA-v ve-gil-KHO ve-sha-KAL et-se-AR ro-SHO ma-TA-yim she-ka-LIM be-E-ven ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
Finally, the construct phrase mā-ṭā-yim še-qā-lîm {מָאתַ֥יִם שְׁקָלִ֖ים | mā-ṭā-yim še-qā-lîm} ‘two hundred shekels’ followed by bə-ʾe-ḇen ham-mé-leḵ {בְּאֶ֥בֶן הַמֶּֽלֶךְ | bə-ʾe-ḇen ham-mé-leḵ} ‘by the king’s stone’ completes the quantitative report.
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“king, ruler”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:26
And whenever he shaved his head, it was at the close of the year ; at the time he would shave it—because his hair weighed heavily on him—he would shave it and then weigh the hair of his head: two hundred shekels by the king’s stone .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:26:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Samuel 14:26, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (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.14.26.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.26.W18.S1) and character.