Judges 18:24:12Judg.18.24.W12TAB
מַה־לָּֽךְ׃
malakh
“what is with you”
- Transliteration
- ma-LAKH
- Extended
- mah-LAAKH
- IPA
- /maˈlːaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- what is with you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ma-LAKH
- clause
u-ma-ZE to-me-RU e-LAI ma-LAKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer et-e-lo-HAI a-sher-a-SI-ti le-kakh-TEM ve-et-ha-ko-HEN va-tel-KHU u-ma-LI OD u-ma-ZE to-me-RU e-LAI ma-LAKH
Exegesis
The lament idiom ū-mah-lî-ʿōḏ {וּמַה־לִּ֣י עוֹד | ū-mah-lî ʿōḏ} ‘what do I have left’ conveys utter destitution, while the paired interrogatives mah-zē tōʾmrū ʾēlāy mah-lāḵ {מַה־זֶּה תֹּאמְרוּ אֵלַי מַה־לָּךְ} heighten indignation through rhetorical parallelism.
Root and etymology
m-h
“what”
In context — Judges 18:24
He said, “You carried off the gods I made, and also the priest , and you left. What is left for me? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:24:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 18:24, so the Hebrew word מַה־לָּֽךְ׃ (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.18.24.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.24.W12.S1) and character.