2 Samuel 19:11:32 Sam.19.11.W3TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:12
שָׁ֠לַח
shalakh
“sent”
- Transliteration
- sha-LAKH
- Extended
- shaa-LAHKH
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- sent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-LAKH
- clause
ve-ha-ME-lekh da-VID sha-LAKH el-tsa-DOK ve-el-e-vya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM le-MOR
- 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 main verb shalach {שָׁלַח | šā·lāḥ} ‘he sent’ governs the prepositional object el-tsadok ve-el-evyatar hakohanim {אֶל־צָדוֹק וְאֶל־אֶבְיָתָר הַכֹּהֲנִים | ʾél-ṣā·dōq wə-ʾél-ʾĕv·yā·ṯār ha·kō·hă·nîm}, specifying recipients.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ח
“to send”
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 19:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 19:11, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֠לַח (shalakh) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.11.W3.S1) and character.