Judges 13:9:6Judg.13.9.W6TAB

מַלְאַךְ֩

maleakh

“messenger of”

Transliteration: mal-e-AKH
Extended: mahl-eh-AKH
IPA: /mal.ʔɛˈʔaːx/

Meaning by language

English: messenger of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

מַ + לְ + אַךְ֩

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mal + e + akh

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maleakh

Alphabet Analysis

	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
	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-e-AKH
phraseyour reading level
va-ya-BO mal-e-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM OD
clause
va-ya-BO mal-e-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM OD el-ha-ish-SHA ve-hi yo-SHE-vet ba-sa-DE u-ma-NO-akh i-SHA EN im-MA
sentence
va-yish-MA ha-e-lo-HIM be-KOL ma-NO-akh va-ya-BO mal-e-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM OD el-ha-ish-SHA ve-hi yo-SHE-vet ba-sa-DE u-ma-NO-akh i-SHA EN im-MA

Exegesis

In the coordinated clause wayyavo malakh ha’elohim od el-ha’ishah {וַיָּבֹא מַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים ע֜וֹד אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה} ‘and the angel of God came again to the woman’, the adverb ’od {ע֜וֹד | ʿōd} marks a repeated theophany.

Root and etymology

l-ʼ-klamed–aleph–kaf

“to send”

In context — Judges 13:9

And God listened to the voice of Manoach, and the angel of God came again to the woman while she was sitting in the field; yet Manoach, her husband, was not with her.

About this coordinate

Judges 13:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 13:9, so the Hebrew word מַלְאַךְ֩ (maleakh) 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.13.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.9.W6.S1) and character.

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