Genesis 16:10:3Gen.16.10.W3TAB
מַלְאַ֣ךְ
malakh
“the angel of the”
- Transliteration
- mal-AKH
- Extended
- mahl-AHKH
- IPA
- /mal.ˈʔax/
Meaning by language
- English
- the angel of the
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
mal-AKH
- phraseyour reading level
mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer LAH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH har-BA ar-BE et-zar-EKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer LAH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH har-BA ar-BE et-zar-EKH ve-LO yis-sa-FER me-ROV
Exegesis
The speaker, malakh YHWH {מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה | mal-ʾākh YHWH} (‘messenger of the LORD’), functions as YHWH’s representative.
Root and etymology
l-ʾ-k
“to send as messenger”
In context — Genesis 16:10
And the messenger of the LORD said to her, “I will greatly multiply your seed , so that it will not be counted because of abundance.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 16:10, so the Hebrew word מַלְאַ֣ךְ (malakh) 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.16.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.10.W3.S1) and character.