1 Kings 14:2:201 Kgs.14.2.W20TAB
לְמֶ֖לֶךְ
lemelekh
“to be king”
- Transliteration
- le-ME-lekh
- Extended
- leh-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ləˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-ME-lekh
- clause
ve-ha-LAKHT shi-LO hi-NE-sham a-khi-YA ha-na-VI hu-di-BER a-LAI le-ME-lekh al-ha-AM ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer ya-rav-AM le-ish-TO ku-MI NA ve-hish-ta-NIT ve-LO ye-de-U ki-e-TI AT E-shet ya-rav-AM ve-ha-LAKHT shi-LO hi-NE-sham a-khi-YA ha-na-VI hu-di-BER a-LAI le-ME-lekh al-ha-AM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The emphatic pronoun hu-diber {הֽוּא־דִבֶּ֥ר | hû’ dibbēr} ‘he spoke’ clarifies agency, and the prepositional phrases alai lemelech al-ha’am hazeh {עָלַ֛י לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה׃ | ‘ālāy lemeleḵ ‘al-hā‘ām hazzēh} ‘concerning me to be king over this people’ convey the prophetic content. The English translation renders the Hebrew sequence smoothly, balancing directness and narrative coherence.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־ך
“to reign, rule”
In context — 1 Kings 14:2
And Jeroboam said to his wife , “Arise, please, and disguise yourself , so that they will not know that you are the wife of Jeroboam. And go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there—he spoke concerning me that I should be king over this people.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:2:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 1 Kings 14:2, so the Hebrew word לְמֶ֖לֶךְ (lemelekh) 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 Kgs.14.2.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.2.W20.S1) and character.