Judges 13:16:15Judg.13.16.W15TAB
כִּֽי־מַלְאַ֥ךְ
kimalakh
“that a messenger of”
- Transliteration
- ki-mal-AKH
- Extended
- kee-mahl-AHKH
- IPA
- /kiː.malˈʔaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- that a messenger of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ki-mal-AKH
- phraseyour reading level
ki-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KI lo-ya-DA ma-NO-akh ki-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH HU
- sentence
va-yo-MER mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH el-ma-NO-akh im-ta-ets-re-NI lo-o-KHAL be-lakh-ME-kha ve-im-ta-a-SE o-LA la-ye-ho-VAH ta-a-LE-na KI lo-ya-DA ma-NO-akh ki-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH HU
Exegesis
The clause kî-lō-yāḏaʿ mānōaḥ {כִּי־לֹא־יָדַע מָנ֔וֹחַ | kî lō-yāḏaʿ mānōaḥ} ‘for Manoah did not know’ uses the perfect to denote past ignorance, culminating in kî-malʾâkh YHWH hûʾ {כִּי־מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה הוּא׃ | kî-malʾâkh Yəhōwâ hûʾ} ‘that he was the angel of the LORD’. The Hebrew conditional sequence and the delayed identification of the divine messenger heighten the dramatic tension between human hospitality and divine revelation.
Root and etymology
l-ʾ-klamed–aleph–kaf
“messenger”
In context — Judges 13:16
And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, “Even if you detain me, I will not eat of your bread ; but if you prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the LORD.
About this coordinate
Judges 13:16:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Judges 13:16, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־מַלְאַ֥ךְ (kimalakh) 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 Judg.13.16.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.16.W15.S1) and character.