2 Samuel 20:21:122 Sam.20.21.W12TAB
בַּמֶּ֣לֶךְ
bamelekh
“against the king”
- Transliteration
- ba-ME-lekh
- Extended
- bah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /bamˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the king
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ba-ME-lekh be-da-VID
- clause
lo-KHEN ha-da-VAR KI ISH me-HAR e-fe-RA-yim SHE-va ben-bik-RI she-MO na-SA ya-DO ba-ME-lekh be-da-VID te-NU-O-to le-va-DO ve-el-KHA me-AL ha-IR
- sentence
lo-KHEN ha-da-VAR KI ISH me-HAR e-fe-RA-yim SHE-va ben-bik-RI she-MO na-SA ya-DO ba-ME-lekh be-da-VID te-NU-O-to le-va-DO ve-el-KHA me-AL ha-IR va-to-MER ha-i-SHA el-yo-AV hi-NE ro-SHO mush-LAKH e-LE-kha be-AD ha-kho-MA
Exegesis
The idiom nasa yado {נָשָׂא יָדוֹ | nā-sāʾ yā-dō} ‘has lifted his hand’ functions as an idiom denoting rebellion, reinforced by the parallel phrases ba-melekh {בַּמֶּלֶךְ | ba-me-lekḥ} ‘against the king’ and be-David {בְּדָוִד | bə-dā-wîd} ‘against David.’
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaph
“to reign, rule”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:21
The matter is not so. For a man from the hill country of Ephraim, named Sheba son of Bichri, has lifted his hand against the king, against David. “Hand him over alone, and I will withdraw from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 20:21, so the Hebrew word בַּמֶּ֣לֶךְ (bamelekh) 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.20.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.21.W12.S1) and character.