2 Samuel 14:9:42 Sam.14.9.W4TAB
אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
elhamelekh
“to the king”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ehl-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hamˈmɛ.lɛx/
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
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
- 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
A paired prepositional construction alay ’ăḏōnî hammēleḵ {עָלַי אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ | ʿālay ʾăḏōnî hammēleḵ} ‘upon me, my lord the king’ assigns guilt while employing adoni as an honorific.
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 14:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 14:9, 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.14.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.9.W4.S1) and character.