2 Samuel 19:32:72 Sam.19.32.W7TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:33
אֶת־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙
ethamelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- eht-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hamˈmɛlɛx/
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
ve-HU-KHIL-kal et-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
ve-HU-KHIL-kal et-ha-ME-lekh be-shi-va-TO be-ma-kha-NA-yim KI-ISH ga-DOL HU me-OD
- sentence
u-var-zil-LAI za-KEN me-OD ben-she-mo-NIM sha-NA ve-HU-KHIL-kal et-ha-ME-lekh be-shi-va-TO be-ma-kha-NA-yim KI-ISH ga-DOL HU me-OD
Exegesis
The resumptive pronoun vehu {וְהוּא | ve-hu} ‘and he’ resumes the subject before the verb natan {נָתַן | na-tan} ‘gave’, which takes peret {פֶּרֶת | pe-ret} ‘provision’ and hamelekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ha-me-lekh} ‘the king’ as its direct object.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־ךְ
“to reign; to rule”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:32
Now Barzillai was very old, and he had provided provisions to the king during his stay in Mahanaim , for he was a very great man.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 19:32, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (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.19.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.32.W7.S1) and character.