Genesis 14:17:8Gen.14.17.W8TAB
וְאֶת־הַמְּלָכִ֖ים
veethammelakhim
“and the kings”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-ham-me-la-KHIM
- Extended
- veh-eht-hahm-meh-lah-KHEEM
- IPA
- /wə.ʔɛθ.ham.mə.laˈxiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the kings
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-ham-me-la-KHIM
- clause
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
- 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 coordinated objects et-kedar-laomer {אֶת-כְּדָר-לָעֹמֶר | ʾeṯ-kə-ḏār-lā-ʿō-mer} and ve-et-hamelakhim {וְאֶת-הַמְּלָכִים | wə-ʾeṯ-ham-mə-lā-kîm} are introduced by the direct object marker.
Root and etymology
y-m-m
“sea, large expanse of water”
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 14:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 14:17, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַמְּלָכִ֖ים (veethammelakhim) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.17.W8.S1) and character.