2 Samuel 14:9:112 Sam.14.9.W11TAB
וְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְ
vehamelekh
“and the king”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- veh-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /vɛhamˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-ME-lekh ve-khis-O
- clause
ve-ha-ME-lekh ve-khis-O na-KI
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA hat-te-ko-IT el-ha-ME-lekh a-LAI a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh he-a-VON ve-al-BET a-VI ve-ha-ME-lekh ve-khis-O na-KI
Exegesis
Finally, the clause ve-hammēleḵ wə-kisʾô nāqqî {וְהַמֶּלֶךְ וְכִסְא֖וֹ נָקִֽי | wəhammēleḵ wəkiśʾô nāqqî} links king and throne as moral subjects, with the adjective nakkî affirming cleanness and legal innocence. The balanced parallelism underscores her voluntary acceptance of blame juxtaposed with the king’s declared blamelessness.
Root and etymology
mem–lamed–kaphMLK
“ruler, king”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:9
The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “May the guilt be on me and on my father’s house; but the king and his throne shall be innocent .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 14:9, so the Hebrew word וְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (vehamelekh) 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.14.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.9.W11.S1) and character.