1 Kings 15:1:71 Kgs.15.1.W7TAB
מָלַ֥ךְ
malakh
“he reigned”
- Transliteration
- ma-LAKH
- Extended
- maa-LAHKH
- IPA
- /maˈlaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he reigned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ma-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ma-LAKH a-vi-YAM
- clause
ma-LAKH a-vi-YAM al-ye-hu-DA
- 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 verb mālaḵ {מָלַ֥ךְ | mā·laḵ} ‘he reigned’ precedes the subject ʾăbîyām {אֲבִיָּ֖ם | ʾă·bî·yām} and the prepositional phrase ʿal·yə·hū·ḏāh {עַל־יְהוּדָֽה׃ | ʿal yə·hū·ḏāh} ‘over Judah’, conveying territorial dominion. The Hebrew verb–subject–object order is rendered in English subject–verb–object to reflect standard syntax while preserving the source clause relationships.
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 15:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 15:1, so the Hebrew word מָלַ֥ךְ (malakh) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.1.W7.S1) and character.