1 Kings 14:20:31 Kgs.14.20.W3TAB
מָלַ֣ךְ
malakh
“he reigned”
- Transliteration
- ma-LAKH
- Extended
- maa-LAKH
- IPA
- /maːˈlax/
Meaning by language
- English
- he reigned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ma-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHE-r ma-LAKH ya-ra-ve-AM
- clause
ve-ha-ya-MIM a-SHE-r ma-LAKH ya-ra-ve-AM e-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA
- 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 verse begins with the conjunction vehayamim {וְהַיָּמִים֙ | wə-hā-yā-yim} ‘and the days’, followed by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ introducing a relative clause with the verb malakh {מָלַ֣ךְ | mā-laḵ} ‘he reigned’.
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 14:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 14:20, so the Hebrew word מָלַ֣ךְ (malakh) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.20.W3.S1) and character.