2 Samuel 21:7:22 Sam.21.7.W2TAB
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
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
va-yakh-MOL ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yakh-MOL ha-ME-lekh al-me-fi-VO-shet ben-ye-ho-na-TAN ben-sha-UL
- sentence
va-yakh-MOL ha-ME-lekh al-me-fi-VO-shet ben-ye-ho-na-TAN ben-sha-UL al-she-vu-AT ye-ho-VAH a-SHER be-i-no-TAM BEN da-VID u-VEN ye-ho-na-TAN ben-sha-UL
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive vayyaḥmōl {וַיַּחְמֹל | wayyaḥmōl} indicating sequential action, immediately followed by the subject hammēlĕḵ {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hammēlĕḵ} “the king.”
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–kaph
“king, ruler”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:7
But the king spared Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of the LORD that was between them, between David and Jonathan, son of Saul.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 21:7, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (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.21.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.7.W2.S1) and character.