Genesis 14:17:11Gen.14.17.W11TAB
אֶל־עֵ֣מֶק
elemek
“to the Valley of”
- Transliteration
- el-E-mek
- Extended
- ehl-EH-mehk
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈʕeː.mɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the Valley of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
el-E-mek
- phraseyour reading level
el-E-mek sha-VE
- clause
el-E-mek sha-VE HU E-mek ham-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM lik-ra-TO a-kha-REI shu-VO me-hak-KOT et-ke-dar-la-O-mer ve-et-ham-me-la-KHIM a-SHER it-TO el-E-mek sha-VE HU E-mek ham-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el emek-shaveh {אֶל עֵמֶק שָׁוֵה | ʾel ʿê-meq šā-wê} ‘to the Valley of Shaveh’ specifies the meeting place.
The appositional clause hu emek hamelekh {הוּא עֵמֶק הַמֶּלֶךְ | hûʾ ʿê-meq ham-me-lekh} ‘that is the Valley of the King’ uses the independent pronoun as a copula for explanatory identification. English renders the infinitive temporal and causal nuances with “after his return from defeating” and the apposition with “which is” or “which is called.” Construct chains maintain relational sense as “Valley of Shaveh” and “Valley of the King.”
Root and etymology
ע-מ-ק
“deep”
In context — Genesis 14:17
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from striking down Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, to the Valley of Shaveh , which is the Valley of the King .
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 14:17, so the Hebrew word אֶל־עֵ֣מֶק (elemek) 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 Gen.14.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.17.W11.S1) and character.