2 Samuel 15:35:122 Sam.15.35.W12TAB
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
hamelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛ.lɛχ/
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
mi-BET ha-ME-lekh
- clause
ve-ha-YA kol-ha-da-VAR a-SHER tish-me-A mi-BET ha-ME-lekh tag-GID le-tsa-DOK u-le-ev-ya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM
- sentence
va-ha-lo im-me-KHA SHAM tsa-DOK ve-ev-ya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-YA kol-ha-da-VAR a-SHER tish-me-A mi-BET ha-ME-lekh tag-GID le-tsa-DOK u-le-ev-ya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM
Exegesis
The clause kol-hadavar {כָּל־הַדָּבָר֙ | kol-had-dā-var} ‘every matter’ serves as the object of tishma {תִּשְׁמַע | tiš-maʿ} ‘you hear’, followed by the source phrase mibeit hammelekh {מִבֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | mi-bêyt ha-mé-leḵ} ‘from the king’s house’.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“king”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:35
And are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? And it shall be that every matter that you hear from the king’s house , you shall tell to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:35:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 15:35, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (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.15.35.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.35.W12.S1) and character.