2 Samuel 15:7:72 Sam.15.7.W7TAB
אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
elhamelekh
“to the king”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ehl-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haˈmɛlɛx/
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-yo-MER av-sha-LOM el-ha-ME-lekh e-le-KHA NA va-a-sha-LEM et-nid-RI a-sher-na-DAR-ti la-ye-ho-VAH be-khev-RON
- sentence
va-ye-HI mik-KETS ar-ba-IM sha-NA va-yo-MER av-sha-LOM el-ha-ME-lekh e-le-KHA NA va-a-sha-LEM et-nid-RI a-sher-na-DAR-ti la-ye-ho-VAH be-khev-RON
Root and etymology
mem–lamed–kaf
“king, rule”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:7
And it was at the end of four years that Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow which I vowed to the LORD in Hebron.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:7:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 15:7, 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.15.7.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.7.W7.S1) and character.