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H4397Gמַלְאָךְma.le.akh

messengerPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 2
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 4
  5. 1
  6. 3
  7. 9
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 18
  10. 11
  11. 6
  12. 17
  13. 3
  14. 4
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 1
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 1
  19. 1
  20. 3
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 8
  24. 1
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 4
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. 1
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 1
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. 3

Renderings

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Other meanings of H4397

  • H4397no lexicon entryOccurrences: 1
  • H4397Hמַלְאָךְma.le.akhmessenger: angelH:N-MOccurrences: 110

103 occurrences in 96 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 1 Samuel 19:14

    And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said: 'He is sick.'

    מַלְאָכִ֖ים mal.'a.Khim “messengers”

  2. 1 Samuel 19:15

    And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying: 'Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.'

    הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים (מַּלְאָכִ֔ים) mal.'a.Khim “messengers”

  3. 1 Samuel 19:16

    And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the quilt of goats' hair at the head thereof.

    הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים (מַּלְאָכִ֔ים) mal.'a.Khim “messengers”

  4. 1 Samuel 19:20

    And Saul sent messengers to take David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

    מַלְאָכִים֮ mal.'a.Khim “messengers”מַלְאֲכֵ֤י mal.'a.Khei “[the] messengers of”

  5. 1 Samuel 19:21

    And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.

    מַלְאָכִ֣ים mal.'a.Khim “messengers”מַלְאָכִ֣ים mal.'a.Khim “messengers”

  6. 1 Samuel 23:27

    But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying: 'Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.'

    וּמַלְאָ֣ךְ (מַלְאָ֣ךְ) mal.'Akh “a messenger”

  7. 1 Samuel 25:14

    But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying: 'Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he flew upon them.

    מַלְאָכִ֧ים׀ mal.'a.Khim “messengers”

  8. 1 Samuel 25:42

    And Abigail hastened, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

    מַלְאֲכֵ֣י mal.'a.Khei “[the] messengers of”

  9. 2 Samuel 2:5

    And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them: 'Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shown this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

    מַלְאָכִ֔ים mal.'a.Khim “messengers”

  10. 2 Samuel 3:12

    And Abner sent messengers to David straightway, saying: 'Whose is the land?' saying also: 'Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring over all Israel unto thee.'

    מַלְאָכִ֧ים׀ mal.'a.Khim “messengers”

  11. 2 Samuel 3:14

    And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying: 'Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.'

    מַלְאָכִ֔ים mal.'a.Khim “messengers”

  12. 2 Samuel 3:26

    And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from Bor-sirah; but David knew it not.

    מַלְאָכִים֙ mal.'a.Khim “messengers”

  13. 2 Samuel 5:11

    And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

    מַלְאָכִים֮ mal.'a.Khim “messengers”

  14. 2 Samuel 11:4

    And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness; and she returned unto her house.

    מַלְאָכִ֜ים mal.'a.Khim “messengers”

  15. 2 Samuel 11:19

    and he charged the messenger, saying: 'When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,

    הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ (מַּלְאָ֖ךְ) mal.'Akh “messenger”

  16. 2 Samuel 11:22

    So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent him for.

    הַמַּלְאָ֑ךְ (מַּלְאָ֑ךְ) mal.'Akh “messenger”

  17. 2 Samuel 11:23

    And the messenger said unto David: 'The men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entrance of the gate.

    הַמַּלְאָךְ֙ (מַּלְאָךְ֙) mal.'oKh “messenger”

  18. 2 Samuel 11:25

    Then David said unto the messenger: 'Thus shalt thou say unto Joab: Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth in one manner or another; make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it; and encourage thou him.'

    הַמַּלְאָ֗ךְ (מַּלְאָ֗ךְ) mal.'Akh “messenger”

  19. 2 Samuel 12:27

    And Joab sent messengers to David, and said: 'I have fought against Rabbah, yea, I have taken the city of waters.

    מַלְאָכִ֖ים mal.'a.Khim “messengers”

  20. 1 Kings 19:2

    Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying: 'So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time.'

    מַלְאָ֔ךְ mal.'Akh “a messenger”

  21. 1 Kings 20:2

    And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city,

    מַלְאָכִ֛ים mal.'a.Khim “messengers”

  22. 1 Kings 20:5

    And the messengers came again, and said: 'Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying: I sent indeed unto thee, saying: Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

    הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים (מַּלְאָכִ֔ים) mal.'a.Khim “messengers”

  23. 1 Kings 20:9

    Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad: 'Tell my lord the king: All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do.' And the messengers departed, and brought him back word.

    לְמַלְאֲכֵ֣י (מַלְאֲכֵ֣י) mal.'a.Khei “[the] messengers of”הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים (מַּלְאָכִ֔ים) mal.'a.Khim “messengers”

  24. 1 Kings 22:13

    And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke unto him, saying: 'Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth, let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak thou good.'

    וְהַמַּלְאָ֞ךְ (מַּלְאָ֞ךְ) mal.'Akh “messenger”

  25. 2 Kings 1:2

    And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick; and he sent messengers, and said unto them: 'Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this sickness.'

    מַלְאָכִ֔ים mal.'a.Khim “messengers”