1 Kings 14:29:111 Kgs.14.29.W11TAB
לְמַלְכֵ֥י
lemalkhe
“of kings of”
- Transliteration
- le-mal-KHE
- Extended
- leh-mahl-KHEH
- IPA
- /lə.malˈχeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of kings of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-mal-KHE
- phraseyour reading level
le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
- clause
ha-LO-HEM-ma khe-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE re-kha-va-AM ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-HEM-ma khe-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The final phrase lemalchei Yehudah {לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה | lə-mal-khê yǝ-hū-dāh} limits the record to the kings of Judah. English preserves the Hebrew question syntax and noun chains to maintain rhetorical force.
In context — 1 Kings 14:29
Now the remainder of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:29:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 14:29, so the Hebrew word לְמַלְכֵ֥י (lemalkhe) 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.14.29.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.29.W11.S1) and character.