2 Samuel 20:2:122 Sam.20.2.W12TAB
בְמַלְכָּ֔ם
vemalkam
“to their king”
- Transliteration
- ve-mal-KAM
- Extended
- veh-mahl-KAAM
- IPA
- /vəmalkˈkɔm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to their king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-mal-KAM
- phraseyour reading level
dav-KU ve-mal-KAM
- clause
ve-ISH ye-hu-DA dav-KU ve-mal-KAM min-ha-yar-DEN ve-ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
va-YA-al KOL-i-SH yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RE da-VID a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI ve-ISH ye-hu-DA dav-KU ve-mal-KAM min-ha-yar-DEN ve-ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The adversative conjunction ve-’ish yehuda {וְאִ֤ישׁ יְהוּדָה֙ | wə-’iš yə-hū-dā} ‘but the men of Judah’ introduces contrast, followed by the perfect davqu {דָּבְק֣וּ | dā-və-qū} ‘they clung’, conveying firm allegiance in the construct be-malkam {בְמַלְכָּ֔ם | bə-malk-kām} ‘to their king’.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign, rule”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:2
So all the men of Israel withdrew from following David to follow Sheba son of Bichri, but the men of Judah remained loyal to their king from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 20:2, so the Hebrew word בְמַלְכָּ֔ם (vemalkam) 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.20.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.2.W12.S1) and character.