2 Samuel 19:9:72 Sam.19.9.W7TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:10
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 hi-tsi-LA-nu mi-KAF o-ye-VE-nu
- clause
ha-ME-lekh hi-tsi-LA-nu mi-KAF o-ye-VE-nu ve-HO mil-te-NU mi-KAF pe-lish-TIM ve-a-TA ba-RAKH min-ha-A-rets me-AL av-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-ye-HI khol-ha-AM na-DON be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL le-MOR ha-ME-lekh hi-tsi-LA-nu mi-KAF o-ye-VE-nu ve-HO mil-te-NU mi-KAF pe-lish-TIM ve-a-TA ba-RAKH min-ha-A-rets me-AL av-sha-LOM
Exegesis
Lēmôr {לֵאמֹ֗ר | lê·ʾā·môr} ‘saying’ introduces the content clause, with hamelekh {הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ | ham·mê·lēḵ} ‘the king’ then characterized by two deliverance verbs: ḥiṣîlānû {הִצִּילָ֙נוּ | ḥit·ṣî·lā·nû} ‘delivered us’ and milat {מִלַּ֣ט | mi·laṭ} ‘rescued’ from two different foes.
Root and etymology
Rootmem-lamed-kaph
“to rule, reign”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:9
And it happened that all the people were disputing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies, and he rescued us from the hand of the Philistines. But now he has fled from the land because of Absalom .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 19:9, 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.19.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.9.W7.S1) and character.