2 Samuel 19:30:102 Sam.19.30.W10TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:31
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙
hamelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /haˈmɛlɛx/
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
a-kha-RE a-sher-BA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
- clause
a-kha-RE a-sher-BA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh be-sha-LOM el-BE-to
- sentence
va-YO-mer me-fi-VO-shet el-ha-ME-lekh GAM et-ha-KOL yik-KAKH a-kha-RE a-sher-BA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh be-sha-LOM el-BE-to
Exegesis
The temporal clause acharei asher-ba-adoni hamelekh {אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר־בָּא־אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ | ʾaḥărê ʾăšer-bāʾ-ʾăḏonî hammeleḵ} “after my lord the king has come” joins with the locative beshalom el beito {בְּשָׁלוֹם אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ | bəšālôm ʾel-bêṯô}, conveying arrival with restored completeness.
Root and etymology
RootMem–Lamed–Kaph
“to reign”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:30
And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him take everything, now that my lord the king has come in peace to his house.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:30:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 19:30, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (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.19.30.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.30.W10.S1) and character.