Numbers 14:45:2Num.14.45.W2TAB
הָעֲמָלֵקִי֙
haamaleki
“the Amalekite”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-ma-le-KI
- Extended
- hah-a-mah-leh-KEE
- IPA
- /ha.ʕa.maˈleːki/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Amalekite
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ha-a-ma-le-KI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-RED ha-a-ma-le-KI
- clause
va-ye-RED ha-a-ma-le-KI ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI ha-yo-SHEV ba-HAR ha-HU
- sentence
va-ye-RED ha-a-ma-le-KI ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI ha-yo-SHEV ba-HAR ha-HU va-ya-KUM va-ya-ke-TUM ad-ha-khor-MAH
Exegesis
The coordinated subject haʿamaleqi vehakenaʿani {הָעֲמָלֵקִי וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי | haʿamāleqî wəha-kəna‘anî} with the participle hayoshev {הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב | hayōšēḇ} specifies the enemies’ residence.
Root and etymology
‘-m-l-qayin-mem-lamed-qof
“descendant of Amalek”
In context — Numbers 14:45
Then the Amalekite and the Canaanite, who lived in that mountain , came down and struck them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:45:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 14:45, so the Hebrew word הָעֲמָלֵקִי֙ (haamaleki) 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 Num.14.45.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.45.W2.S1) and character.