1 Chronicles 18:5:61 Chr.18.5.W6TAB
מֶ֣לֶךְ
melekh
“king of”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh tso-VA
- clause
va-ya-BO a-RAM dar-me-SEK la-e-ZOR la-ha-dad-E-zer ME-lekh tso-VA
- sentence
va-ya-BO a-RAM dar-me-SEK la-e-ZOR la-ha-dad-E-zer ME-lekh tso-VA va-YAKH da-VID ba-a-RAM e-se-rim-u-she-NA-yim E-lef ISH
Exegesis
The infinitive clause lăʿăzôr {לַעֲזוֹר | lăʿăzôr} ‘to help’ conveys purpose toward lăhaḏḏaʿdezer {לַהֲדַדְעֶזֶר | lăhaḏḏaʿdezer} ‘Hadadezer’, identified by the title mêleḵ ṣōḇāh {מֶלֶךְ צוֹבָה | mêleḵ ṣōḇāh} ‘king of Zobah’.
Root and etymology
m-l-km-l-k
“to rule”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:5
And the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah , and David struck down twenty-two thousand men in Aram.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Chronicles 18:5, so the Hebrew word מֶ֣לֶךְ (melekh) 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 1 Chr.18.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.5.W6.S1) and character.