Genesis 48:16:1Gen.48.16.W1PAT

הַמַּלְאָךְ֩

hamalakh

the angel

Transliteration
ha-mal-AKH
Extended
hah-mal-AAKH
IPA
/ham.mal.ˈʔaːx/

Meaning by language

English
the angel
French
l'ange
Spanish
el ángel
Portuguese
o anjo
German
der Engel
Russian
ангел
Arabic-Simplified
الملاك
Hindi
दूत
Chinese-Simplified
那使者
Korean
천사
Indonesian
malaikat itu
Bengali
দূতটি
Tagalog
ang anghel
Swahili
malaika
Amharic
መልአኩ
Yoruba
áńgẹ́lì náà
Igbo
mmụọ ozi ahụ
Twi
ɔbɔfoɔ no
Ewe
dɔla la

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + מַּלְ + אָךְ֩
ha + mal + akh
hamalakh

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-mal-AKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-mal-AKH ha-go-EL o-TI

  3. clause

    ha-mal-AKH ha-go-EL o-TI mi-kol-RA ye-va-REKH et-ha-ne-a-RIM ve-yik-ka-RE va-HEM she-MI ve-SHEM a-vo-TAI av-ra-HAM ve-yits-KHAK

  4. sentence

    ha-mal-AKH ha-go-EL o-TI mi-kol-RA ye-va-REKH et-ha-ne-a-RIM ve-yik-ka-RE va-HEM she-MI ve-SHEM a-vo-TAI av-ra-HAM ve-yits-KHAK ve-yid-GU la-ROV be-KE-rev ha-A-rets

In contextGenesis 48:16

the angel the one redeeming me from all evil bless the boys be called in them my name and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac may they multiply to a multitude in the midst of the earth

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 48:16, so the Hebrew word הַמַּלְאָךְ֩ (hamalakh) 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 Gen.48.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.16.W1.S1) and character.