Judges 13:6:12Judg.13.6.W12TAB
מַלְאַ֥ךְ
malakh
“an angel”
- Transliteration
- mal-AKH
- Extended
- mahl-AKHM
- IPA
- /malˈʔaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- an angel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
mal-AKH
- phraseyour reading level
mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA va-to-MER le-i-SHAH le-MOR ISH ha-e-lo-HIM BA E-lai u-mar-E-hu ke-mar-E mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM no-RA me-OD
- sentence
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA va-to-MER le-i-SHAH le-MOR ISH ha-e-lo-HIM BA E-lai u-mar-E-hu ke-mar-E mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM no-RA me-OD ve-LO she-il-TI-ye-hu EI-mi-ZE HU ve-ET-she-MO LO-hi-GID LI
Exegesis
The simile umarehu kemareh malakh haelohim {וּמַרְאֵ֕הוּ כְּמַרְאֵ֛ה מַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים | ū-mār-ʾê-hû kə-mār-ʾê malʾāḵ hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} uses the preposition kə ‘like’ and parallel structure to compare his appearance to an angelic being.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–aleph
“messenger”
In context — Judges 13:6
Then the woman came and said to her husband, “A man of God came to me, and he looked like an angel of God—very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name.”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 13:6, so the Hebrew word מַלְאַ֥ךְ (malakh) 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.13.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.6.W12.S1) and character.