2 Samuel 19:25:82 Sam.19.25.W8TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:26
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
hamelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ME-lekh LA-ma
- clause
va-YO-mer LO ha-ME-lekh LA-ma LO-ha-LAKH-ta IM-MI me-fi-VO-shet
- sentence
va-ye-HI KI-VA ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lik-RAT ha-ME-lekh va-YO-mer LO ha-ME-lekh LA-ma LO-ha-LAKH-ta IM-MI me-fi-VO-shet
Exegesis
The temporal clause kîbā {כִּי־בָא | kî·bā} ‘when he came’ links to the purpose infinitive construct liq·rā·ṯ {לִקְרַאת | liq·rā·ṯ} ‘to meet’ the king (ham·mē·leḵ {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ham·mē·leḵ}).
Root and etymology
מ־ל־ךְ
“to reign; to rule”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:25
And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 19:25, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (hamelekh) 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.19.25.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.25.W8.S1) and character.