2 Samuel 14:4:112 Sam.14.4.W11TAB
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ho-SHI-a ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-TO-mer ho-SHI-a ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ha-te-ko-IT el-ha-ME-lekh va-ti-POL al-a-PE-ha AR-tsa va-tish-ta-KHU va-TO-mer ho-SHI-a ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
addressed to hammeleḵ {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ham-mé-lekh} ‘O king,’ highlighting the urgent petition within the hierarchical context.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to rule”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:4
And the woman from Tekoa said to the king, and she fell upon her face to the ground and bowed herself, and she said, “Help, O king!”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 14:4, 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.14.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.4.W11.S1) and character.