1 Kings 14:26:61 Kgs.14.26.W6TAB

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

hamelekh

the king

Transliteration
ha-ME-lekh
Extended
hah-MEH-lehkh
IPA
/hamˈmɛlɛx/

Meaning by language

English
the king

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + מֶּ֔ + לֶךְ
ha + me + lekh
hamelekh

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ME-lekh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    BET ha-ME-lekh

  3. clause

    va-yik-KAKH et-o-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-o-tse-ROT BET ha-ME-lekh ve-et-ha-KOL la-KAKH

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH et-o-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-o-tse-ROT BET ha-ME-lekh ve-et-ha-KOL la-KAKH va-yik-KAKH et-kol-ma-gin-NE ha-za-HAV a-SHER a-SA she-lo-MO

Exegesis

Objects follow the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʼet}, calling attention to otzrot {אֹצְרוֹת֙ | ʼoṣerōṯ} ‘treasures’ in the construct phrase beit-yehovah {בֵּ֣ית־יְהוָ֗ה | bêyt Yəhōwāh} ‘house of the LORD’ and again in beit-hammelekh {בֵּ֣ית־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | bêyt-hammeleḵ} ‘house of the king’.

Root and etymology

mem–lamed–kaphmem–lamed–kaph

to rule, to reign

In context1 Kings 14:26

And he took the treasures of the house of the LORD , and the treasures of the house of the king; he took everything, and he took all the shields of gold which Solomon had made .

About this coordinate

1 Kings 14:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 14:26, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (hamelekh) 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.14.26.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.26.W6.S1) and character.