Numbers 20:14:3Num.20.14.W3TAB
מַלְאָכִ֛ים
malakhim
“messengers”
- Transliteration
- mal-a-KHIM
- Extended
- mahl-a-khEEM
- IPA
- /mal.ʔaˈxim/
Meaning by language
- English
- messengers
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mal-a-KHIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH mal-a-KHIM
- clause
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH mal-a-KHIM mik-ka-DESH el-ME-lekh e-DOM
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH mal-a-KHIM mik-ka-DESH el-ME-lekh e-DOM KOH a-MAR a-KHI-kha yis-ra-EL a-TA ya-DAT-ta ET kol-hat-te-la-AH a-SHER me-tsa-AT-nu
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive imperfect wayyishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח | wə-yish-lāḥ} ‘and he sent’, which launches Moses into action as he dispatches malakhim {מַלְאָכִים | malʾāḵîm} ‘messengers’.
In context — Numbers 20:14
From Kadesh Moses sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “This is what your brother Israel says: you know about all the hardship that has come upon us.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 20:14, so the Hebrew word מַלְאָכִ֛ים (malakhim) 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.20.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.14.W3.S1) and character.