1 Kings 14:27:21 Kgs.14.27.W2TAB
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ
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
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS ha-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am
- clause
va-ya-AS ha-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am takh-TAM ma-gin-NE ne-KHO-shet
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am takh-TAM ma-gin-NE ne-KHO-shet ve-hif-KID al-YAD sa-RE ha-ra-TSIM ha-sho-me-RIM PE-takh BET ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The subject hammelekh Reḥav‘ām {הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ רְחַבְעָם֙ | hamméleḵ Reḥav‘ām} forms a definite nominal unit.
Finally, pēṭaḥ bêt hamméleḵ {פֶּ֖תַח בֵּ֥ית הַמֶּֽלֶךְ | pēṭāḥ bêt hamméleḵ} ‘entrance of the house of the king’ establishes the spatial setting. This structure highlights royal agency and precise administrative hierarchy.
Root and etymology
mem–lamed–kaphmem–lamed–kaph
“to rule, to reign”
In context — 1 Kings 14:27
And King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and appointed them under the authority of the officers of the runners, the guards at the entrance of the king’s house .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 14:27, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ (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.14.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.27.W2.S1) and character.