2 Samuel 15:2:112 Sam.15.2.W11TAB
אֶל־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ
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
- phraseyour reading level
kol-ha-ISH a-sher-yi-HE-ye-lo-RIV la-VO el-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ye-HI kol-ha-ISH a-sher-yi-HE-ye-lo-RIV la-VO el-ha-ME-lekh la-mish-PAT va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM e-LAV va-yo-MER e-mi-ZE IR a-TA va-yo-MER me-a-KHAD shiv-TE-yi-yis-ra-EL av-DE-kha
- sentence
ve-hish-KIM av-sha-LOM ve-a-MAD al-YAD DE-rekh ha-SHA-ar va-ye-HI kol-ha-ISH a-sher-yi-HE-ye-lo-RIV la-VO el-ha-ME-lekh la-mish-PAT va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM e-LAV va-yo-MER e-mi-ZE IR a-TA va-yo-MER me-a-KHAD shiv-TE-yi-yis-ra-EL av-DE-kha
Exegesis
The temporal relative clause vayehi kol-ha’ish asher yihyeh-lo-riv lavo el-ha-melekh lamishpat {וַיְהִ֡י כָּל־הָאִ֣ישׁ אֲשֶֽׁר־יִהְיֶה־לּוֹ־רִיב לָב֨וֹ אֶל־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט | wayhî kol-hāʾîš ăšer-yihyeh-lô-rîv lābōʾ ʾel-hammeleḵ lammišpāṭ} employs a relative pronoun plus Qal imperfect to describe habitual legal proceedings.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“king”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:2
Absalom rose early and stood beside the road at the gate. And it happened that whenever any man had a dispute to come to the king for judgment , Absalom would call to him and say, “From which city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 15:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (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.15.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.2.W11.S1) and character.