2 Samuel 21:14:132 Sam.21.14.W13TAB
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yik-be-RU ET-a-tsmo-T-SHA-ul vi-ye-ho-na-TAN-be-NO be-E-rets bin-ya-MIN be-TSE-la be-KE-ver KISH a-VIV va-ya-a-SU KOL a-SHER-tsi-VA ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-be-RU ET-a-tsmo-T-SHA-ul vi-ye-ho-na-TAN-be-NO be-E-rets bin-ya-MIN be-TSE-la be-KE-ver KISH a-VIV va-ya-a-SU KOL a-SHER-tsi-VA ha-ME-lekh va-ye-a-TER e-lo-HIM la-A-rets a-kha-RE-KHEN
Exegesis
The clause wə-yaʿăšû kôl ʾăšer ṣiwâh ha-méleḵ {וַיַּעֲשׂוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה הַמֶּלֶךְ} ‘and they did all that the king commanded’ is a subordinate completion clause linking obedience to royal command.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–kaph
“king, ruler”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:14
And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father, and they did all that the king commanded. And God was entreated for the land after this.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:14:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 21:14, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (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.21.14.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.14.W13.S1) and character.