Genesis 39:20:10Gen.39.20.W10TAB
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
hamelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lekh
- IPA
- /ham.ˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- the king
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-a-si-REI ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-do-NEI yo-SEF o-TO va-yit-te-NE-hu el-BEIT ha-SO-har me-KOM a-sher-a-si-REI ha-ME-lekh a-su-RIM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-do-NEI yo-SEF o-TO va-yit-te-NE-hu el-BEIT ha-SO-har me-KOM a-sher-a-si-REI ha-ME-lekh a-su-RIM va-ye-hi-SHAM be-VEIT ha-SO-har
Exegesis
Inside this clause, the sequence asurei ʾasirei hamelekh asurim {אסורי אֲסִירֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲסוּרִים | ʾă-surê ʾă-sî-rê ham-me-lek ʾă-sû-rîm} piles up a construct participle ‘bound ones of,’ a construct noun ‘prisoners of the king,’ and a final participle ‘imprisoned,’ intensifying the depiction of captivity as both binding and confinement under royal authority.
In context — Genesis 39:20
And the master of Joseph took him and put him into the house of the prison , the place where the king’s prisoners were bound. And he was there in the house of the prison.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 39:20, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (hamelekh) 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.39.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.20.W10.S1) and character.