2 Samuel 19:11:162 Sam.19.11.W16TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:12
אֶת־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
ethamelekh
“{object marker} the king”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- eht-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hamˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- {object marker} 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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
le-ha-SHIV et-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
dab-be-RU el-zik-NE ye-hu-DA le-MOR LAM-ma tih-yu a-kha-ro-NIM le-ha-SHIV et-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
ve-ha-ME-lekh da-VID sha-LAKH el-tsa-DOK ve-el-e-vya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM le-MOR dab-be-RU el-zik-NE ye-hu-DA le-MOR LAM-ma tih-yu a-kha-ro-NIM le-ha-SHIV et-ha-ME-lekh el-BE-to u-de-VAR kol-yis-ra-EL BA el-ha-ME-lekh el-BE-to
Exegesis
The Hiphil infinitive lehashiv et-hamelekh el-beito {לְהָשִׁיב אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ | lə·hā·šîb ʾēt-ha·me·lĕḵ ʾél-be·yî·tō} expresses causative return, and the coordination udvar kol-yisrael ba {וּדְבַר כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּא | ū·ḏə·wār kôl-yi·srā·ʾēl bā} ‘and the word of all Israel has come’ provides the motive. The final repetition of el-hamelekh el-beito echoes the earlier phrase, framing the king’s house with a chiastic inclusio. English punctuation clarifies nested quotations and preserves the Hebrew clause structure.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־ךְ
“to reign; to rule”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:11
And David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar, the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last ones to bring back the king to his house? For the word of all Israel has come to the king, to his house.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:11:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Samuel 19:11, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (ethamelekh) 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.19.11.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.11.W16.S1) and character.