1 Kings 14:20:101 Kgs.14.20.W10TAB
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
vayimlokh
“and he reigned”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-LOKH
- Extended
- vah-yihm-LOHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈloːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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
- clause
va-yish-KAV im-a-vo-TAV va-yim-LOKH na-DAV be-NO takh-TAV
- sentence
ve-ha-ya-MIM a-SHE-r ma-LAKH ya-ra-ve-AM e-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA va-yish-KAV im-a-vo-TAV va-yim-LOKH na-DAV be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive imperfect vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ | way-yi-m-lō-ḵ} ‘and he reigned’ introduces the royal succession, followed by the proper name Nadav {נָדָ֥ב | nā-ḏāḇ}, the construct beno {בְּנ֖וֹ | bə-nō} ‘his son’ and the prepositional phrase takhtav {תַּחְתָּֽיו | taḥ-ˈtāv} ‘in his place’, reflecting the transfer of authority.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem-lamed-kaf
“to rule, reign”
In context — 1 Kings 14:20
The days that Jeroboam reigned were twenty-two years; then he lay down with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 14:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (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 Kgs.14.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.20.W10.S1) and character.