1 Chronicles 19:1:71 Chr.19.1.W7TAB
וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ
vayimlokh
“and reigned”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-LOKH
- Extended
- vah-yihm-LOHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈloːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and reigned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
va-yim-LOKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yim-LOKH be-NO
- clause
va-yim-LOKH be-NO ta-KHTAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN va-ya-MAT na-KHASH ME-lekh be-NE-a-MON va-yim-LOKH be-NO ta-KHTAV
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | way-yim-lōḵ} ‘and he reigned’ shifts focus to beno {בְּנ֖וֹ | bə-nô} ‘his son’ as the new subject.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to rule”
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:1
And it came to pass after this, that Nahash , king of the sons of Ammon, died, and his son reigned in his place .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Chronicles 19:1, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ (vayimlokh) 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.19.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.1.W7.S1) and character.