Genesis 32:6:2Gen.32.6.W2TABWLC Genesis 32:7
הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים
hamaleakhim
“the messengers”
- Transliteration
- ha-ma-le-a-KHIM
- Extended
- hah-mah-leh-ah-KHEEM
- IPA
- /ham.ma.lə.ʔaːˈxiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the messengers
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
ha-ma-le-a-KHIM
- clause
va-ya-shu-VU ha-ma-le-a-KHIM el-ya-a-KOV le-MOR
- sentence
va-ya-shu-VU ha-ma-le-a-KHIM el-ya-a-KOV le-MOR BA-nu el-a-KHI-kha el-e-SAV ve-GAM ho-LEKH li-ke-ra-TE-kha ve-ar-ba-me-OT ISH im-MO
Exegesis
The verse begins with the wayyiqtol form vayashuvu {וַיָּשֻׁבוּ | wayyāšûvû} ‘and they returned’, introducing the messengers hamalakhim {הַמַּלְאָכִים | ham-malʾāḵîm} as the new subject.
In context — Genesis 32:6
The messengers came back to Jacob and said, “We have reached your brother Esau , and he is coming out to meet you with four hundred men in his company.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 32:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 32:6, so the Hebrew word הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים (hamaleakhim) 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.32.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.32.6.W2.S1) and character.