2 Samuel 19:22:42 Sam.19.22.W4TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:23
וְלָכֶם֙
velakhem
“and to you”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-KHEM
- Extended
- veh-laa-KHEHM
- IPA
- /vəlaːˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-la-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
ma-LI ve-la-KHEM
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID ma-LI ve-la-KHEM be-NE tse-ru-YA ki-ti-he-YU-LI ha-YOM le-sa-TAN
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID ma-LI ve-la-KHEM be-NE tse-ru-YA ki-ti-he-YU-LI ha-YOM le-sa-TAN ha-YOM yu-MAT ISH be-yis-ra-EL KI ha-LO ya-da-TI KI ha-YOM a-NI-me-LEKH al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The idiom mah-li u-le-khem {מַה-לִּי וּלְכֶם | mah-lî wə-le-ḵem} ‘what is it to me and to you’ functions as a rhetorical challenge formula.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:22
And David said, “What is it to me and to you, sons of Zeruiah , that you should become for me an adversary today? Shall any man in Israel be put to death today? For do I not know that today I am king over Israel?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 19:22, so the Hebrew word וְלָכֶם֙ (velakhem) 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.19.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.22.W4.S1) and character.