2 Samuel 19:34:32 Sam.19.34.W3TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:35
אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
elhamelekh
“to the king”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ehl-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
el-ha-ME-lekh kam-MA
- sentence
va-YO-mer bar-zil-LAI el-ha-ME-lekh kam-MA ye-MEI she-NEI kha-YAI ki-e-E-le et-ha-ME-lekh ye-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
Barzillai’s address is marked by the prepositional phrase ʾel-hammeleḵ {אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | ʾel-hammeleḵ} ‘to the king’.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־ךְ
“to reign; to rule”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:34
And Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of my life that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:34:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 19:34, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (elhamelekh) 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.19.34.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.34.W3.S1) and character.