2 Samuel 19:41:142 Sam.19.41.W14TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:42
אֶת־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
ethamelekh
“{direct object} the king”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- eht-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haˈmːɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} 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
et-ha-ME-lekh ve-et-BE-to
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru el-ha-ME-lekh mad-DU-a ge-na-VU-kha a-KHE-nu ISH ye-hu-DA va-ya-a-VI-ru et-ha-ME-lekh ve-et-BE-to et-ha-yar-DEN ve-khol-an-SHE da-VID im-MO
- sentence
ve-hin-NE KOL-Ish yis-ra-EL ba-IM el-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-ME-ru el-ha-ME-lekh mad-DU-a ge-na-VU-kha a-KHE-nu ISH ye-hu-DA va-ya-a-VI-ru et-ha-ME-lekh ve-et-BE-to et-ha-yar-DEN ve-khol-an-SHE da-VID im-MO
Exegesis
The hifʿil imperfect vayyaaviru {וַיַּעֲבִרוּ | vay-ya-ʿa-bî-rû} ‘and they brought across’ with successive direct object markers et-hamelekh {אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ | ʾet-hā-me-leḵ} ‘the king’, ve-et-beito {וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ | wə-ʾet-bey-tô} ‘his household’, et-hayarden {אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן | ʾet-hā-yar-ḏēn} ‘the Jordan’, and ve-kol-anshei david immo {וְכָל־אַנְשֵׁי דָוִד עִמּוֹ | wə-kol-an-šê dā-wîḏ ʿim-mô} ‘and all the men of David with him’ forms a paratactic list of the parties being transferred, underscoring the comprehensive relocation.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“ruler”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:41
And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king and said to him, “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you away and brought the king, his household, and all of David’s men across the Jordan with him?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:41:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 19:41, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (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.19.41.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.41.W14.S1) and character.