Genesis 19:22:2Gen.19.22.W2TAB
הִמָּלֵ֣ט
himmalet
“escape”
- Transliteration
- him-ma-LET
- Extended
- him-mah-LET
- IPA
- /him.ma.ˈleːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- escape
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
him-ma-LET
- phraseyour reading level
him-ma-LET SHAM-ma
- clause
ma-HER him-ma-LET SHAM-ma KI LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT da-VAR ad-bo-a-KHA SHAM-ma
- sentence
ma-HER him-ma-LET SHAM-ma KI LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT da-VAR ad-bo-a-KHA SHAM-ma al-KEN ka-RA shem-ha-IR tso-AR
Exegesis
The verse opens with a pair of imperatives, maher {מַהֵר | mahēr} ‘hasten’ and himmalet {הִמָּלֵ֣ט | himmālēṭ} ‘escape’, forming an intensified command conveying urgent encouragement to the addressees.
Root and etymology
RootMem–Lamed–Tet
“to escape, slip away”
In context — Genesis 19:22
Swiftly flee there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 19:22, so the Hebrew word הִמָּלֵ֣ט (himmalet) 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.19.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.22.W2.S1) and character.