2 Samuel 15:23:72 Sam.15.23.W7TAB
וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ
vehammelekh
“and the king”
- Transliteration
- ve-ham-ME-lekh
- Extended
- veh-hahm-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /wəhamˈmɛ.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-ham-ME-lekh
- clause
ve-ham-ME-lekh o-VER be-na-KHAL kid-RON ve-KHOL-ha-AM o-ve-RIM al-pe-NE-de-rekh et-ham-mid-BAR
- sentence
ve-KHOL-ha-A-rets bo-KHIM KOL ga-DOL ve-KHOL-ha-AM o-ve-RIM ve-ham-ME-lekh o-VER be-na-KHAL kid-RON ve-KHOL-ha-AM o-ve-RIM al-pe-NE-de-rekh et-ham-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The next clause introduces the king with ve-hamelekh {וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ | wə·hā·me·lēḵ} ‘and the king’, followed by the singular participle over {עֹבֵר֙ | ʿō·wēr} ‘crossing’, marking his personal action amid the crowd.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“king”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:23
And all the land wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed by; and the king crossed the Kidron Valley , and all the people continued on the road toward the wilderness .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 15:23, so the Hebrew word וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (vehammelekh) 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.15.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.23.W7.S1) and character.