{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4397",
  "lemma": "מֲלְאָךְ",
  "transliteration": "mălʼâk",
  "definition": "a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)",
  "kjv": "ambassador, angel, king, messenger.",
  "occurrences": 213,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מַלְאָךְ 214 n.m. messenger",
    "1. messenger",
    "2. angel, as messenger of God",
    "3. the theophanic angel"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 16:7",
      "text": "The LORD’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 16:9",
      "text": "The LORD’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 16:10",
      "text": "The LORD’s angel said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 16:11",
      "text": "The LORD’s angel said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:1",
      "text": "The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:15",
      "text": "When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 21:17",
      "text": "God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What troubles you…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 22:11",
      "text": "The LORD’s angel called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 22:15",
      "text": "The LORD’s angel called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:7",
      "text": "The LORD, the God of heaven—who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=7"
    }
  ],
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