1 Kings 15:1:41 Kgs.15.1.W4TAB
לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
lammelekh
“to the king of”
- Transliteration
- lam-ME-lekh
- Extended
- lahm-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /lamˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the king of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
lam-ME-lekh
- clause
u-vi-SHEN-at she-mo-NE e-se-RE lam-ME-lekh ya-ra-VA-am ben-ne-VAT
- sentence
u-vi-SHEN-at she-mo-NE e-se-RE lam-ME-lekh ya-ra-VA-am ben-ne-VAT ma-LAKH a-vi-YAM al-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The construct chain lamelekh {לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | lam·me·leḵ} ‘to the king’ + Yārōḇ‘ā́m {יָרָבְעָ֣ם | yā·rā·wā·ʿam} + ben {בֶּן־ | ben} + Nēvāṭ {נְבָ֑ט | nə·vā·ṭ} establishes the regnal designation.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign”
In context — 1 Kings 15:1
And in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam took the kingship over Judah .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 15:1, so the Hebrew word לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (lammelekh) 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.15.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.1.W4.S1) and character.