2 Samuel 19:12:102 Sam.19.12.W10TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:13
אֶת־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ׃
ethamelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- eet-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔet.haˈmːɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
ve-la-MA tih-HE-YU a-kha-ro-NIM le-ha-SHIV et-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
a-KHAI a-TEM a-tse-MI u-ve-sa-RI a-TEM ve-la-MA tih-HE-YU a-kha-ro-NIM le-ha-SHIV et-ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The hiphil infinitive lehashiv {לְהָשִׁיב | lə-hā-šîḇ} ‘to bring back’ links causative action to the object ha-melekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hā-me-lēk} ‘the king’. This parallelism underlines both relational bond and communal duty in the narrative.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־ךְ
“to reign; to rule”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:12
My brothers, you are my own bone and my flesh ; so why should you be the last to bring back the king ?
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:12:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 19:12, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ׃ (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.19.12.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.12.W10.S1) and character.