1 Chronicles 20:1:71 Chr.20.1.W7TAB

הַמְּלָכִ֗ים

hamelakhim

“the kings”

Transliteration: ha-me-la-KHIM
Extended: hah-meh-lah-KHEEM
IPA: /ham.məlaˈχiːm/

Meaning by language

English: the kings

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Result

הַ + מְּ + לָ + כִ֗ים

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ha + me + la + khim

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hamelakhim

Alphabet Analysis

	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Mem	m as in mother
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Lamed	l as in law
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Kaf	k with dagesh; kh without
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

word
ha-me-la-KHIM
phraseyour reading level
le-ET TSET ha-me-la-KHIM
clause
va-ye-HI le-ET te-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA le-ET TSET ha-me-la-KHIM va-yin-HAG yo-AV et-KHEL ha-tsa-VA va-yash-KHET et-E-rets be-NE-a-MON va-ya-VO va-ya-TSAR et-ra-BA ve-da-VID yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LIM
sentence
va-ye-HI le-ET te-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA le-ET TSET ha-me-la-KHIM va-yin-HAG yo-AV et-KHEL ha-tsa-VA va-yash-KHET et-E-rets be-NE-a-MON va-ya-VO va-ya-TSAR et-ra-BA ve-da-VID yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LIM va-YAKH yo-AV et-ra-BA va-ye-HER-se-ha

Exegesis

The verse then stacks two time phrases—lə-ʿēt təšûḇat haššānâ {לְעֵת תְּשׁוּבַת הַשָּׁנָה | lə-ʿēt təšûḇat haššānâ} ‘at the time of the year’s turning’ and lə-ʿēt ṣēʾt hamməlākîm {לְעֵת צֵאת הַמְּלָכִים | lə-ʿēt ṣēʾt hamməlākîm} ‘at the time of the going out of the kings’—to portray a customary campaign season rather than a one-time event. A chain of wayyiqtol verbs (wayyinhag… wayyašḥēt… wayyāḇōʾ… wayyāṣar… wayyaḵ… wayyehersēhā) drives the action forward in tight sequence, keeping Joab as the consistent subject and presenting the campaign as a step-by-step escalation from movement, to devastation, to siege, to final overthrow.

In context — 1 Chronicles 20:1

And it happened, at the time of the returning of the year, at the time of the going out of the kings, that Joab led the force of the army and devastated the land of the sons of Ammon. Then he came and besieged Rabbah . But David was staying in Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it.

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 20:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Chronicles 20:1, so the Hebrew word הַמְּלָכִ֗ים (hamelakhim) 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.20.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.1.W7.S1) and character.

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