2 Samuel 14:3:22 Sam.14.3.W2TAB
אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
elhamelekh
“to the king”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ehl-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hammɛˈlɛx/
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
- clause
u-VA-t el-ha-ME-lekh ve-dib-BAR-te e-LAV ka-da-VAR ha-ZE
- sentence
u-VA-t el-ha-ME-lekh ve-dib-BAR-te e-LAV ka-da-VAR ha-ZE va-ya-SEM yo-AV et-ha-de-va-RIM be-FI-ha
Exegesis
Prepositional phrases el-ha-melekh {אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | ʾel-ham-me-leḵ} and be-pi-ha {בְּפִֽיהָ | bə-pī-hā} establish directional and locative relationships that directly map onto the English rendering.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“king, ruler”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:3
And you shall come to the king and speak to him according to this word ; and Joab put the words in her mouth .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 14:3, 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.14.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.3.W2.S1) and character.