Genesis 33:14:9Gen.33.14.W9TAB
הַמְּלָאכָ֤ה
hamelakha
“the livestock”
- Transliteration
- ha-me-la-KHA
- Extended
- hah-meh-lah-KHAA
- IPA
- /ham.mə.laː.ˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the livestock
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-me-la-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
le-RE-gel ha-me-la-KHA a-sher-le-fa-NAI
- clause
va-a-NI e-te-na-ha-LA le-it-TI le-RE-gel ha-me-la-KHA a-sher-le-fa-NAI u-le-RE-gel ha-ye-la-DIM AD a-sher-a-VO el-a-do-NI se-i-RA
- sentence
ya-a-var-NA a-do-NI li-fe-NEI av-DO va-a-NI e-te-na-ha-LA le-it-TI le-RE-gel ha-me-la-KHA a-sher-le-fa-NAI u-le-RE-gel ha-ye-la-DIM AD a-sher-a-VO el-a-do-NI se-i-RA
Exegesis
A series of parallel prepositional phrases expresses measured pacing: leitti {לְאִטִּי | leʾiṭṭî} ‘at my slow pace’, le-regel hammeleakhah asher-lefanai {לְרֶגֶל הַמְּלָאכָה אֲשֶׁר־לְפָנַי | le-ʾreḡel ham-məlāʾḵâ ʾašer-lefānay} ‘at the pace of the livestock that is before me’, and u-le-regel hayeladim {וּלְרֶגֶל הַיְלָדִים | wə-le-ʾreḡel hayəlāḏîm} ‘and at the pace of the children,’ forming a meristic balance.
In context — Genesis 33:14
Let my lord go on before his servant, and I will follow at a measured pace, matching the livestock before me and the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 33:14, so the Hebrew word הַמְּלָאכָ֤ה (hamelakha) 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.33.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.14.W9.S1) and character.