1 Kings 14:21:91 Kgs.14.21.W9TAB

בְּמָלְכ֜וֹ

bemalkho

in his reigning

Transliteration
be-mal-KHO
Extended
beh-maal-KHOH
IPA
/bəmaːlˈxoː/

Meaning by language

English
in his reigning

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + מָלְ + כ֜וֹ
be + mal + kho
bemalkho

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-mal-KHO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-kha-VAM be-mal-KHO

  3. clause

    ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-kha-VAM be-mal-KHO u-sha-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ha-IR a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH la-SUM et-she-MO SHAM mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL ve-SHEM im-MO na-a-MA ha-a-mo-NIT-akh

  4. sentence

    u-re-kha-vam ben-she-lo-MO ma-LAKH bi-ye-hu-DA ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-kha-VAM be-mal-KHO u-sha-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ha-IR a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH la-SUM et-she-MO SHAM mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL ve-SHEM im-MO na-a-MA ha-a-mo-NIT-akh

Exegesis

The phrase bəmalkô {בְּמָלְכוֹ | bəmalkô} ‘in his reigning’ functions adverbially, and the number is built additively: û-šeḇaʿ ʿeśrēh {וּשֲׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה | û-šeḇaʿ ʿeśrēh} ‘seven-ten’ = seventeen.

In context1 Kings 14:21

And Rehoboam , the son of Solomon, reigned in Judah. Forty-one years old was Rehoboam when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD chose from all the tribes of Israel to set His Name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 14:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 14:21, so the Hebrew word בְּמָלְכ֜וֹ (bemalkho) 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.14.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.21.W9.S1) and character.