1 Kings 15:18:111 Kgs.15.18.W11TAB
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
hamelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛlɛχ/
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
BET me-LEKH ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-SA et-KOL-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV ha-no-ta-RIM be-ots-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-ots-ROT BET me-LEKH ha-ME-lekh va-yit-ne-NEM be-yad-a-va-DAV
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-SA et-KOL-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV ha-no-ta-RIM be-ots-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-ots-ROT BET me-LEKH ha-ME-lekh va-yit-ne-NEM be-yad-a-va-DAV va-yish-la-KHEM ha-ME-lekh a-SA el-ben-ha-DAD ben-tab-rim-MON ben-khez-YON ME-lekh a-RAM ha-yo-SHEV be-da-ME-sek le-MOR
Exegesis
Two coordinated source locations follow: beotsrot bet YHWH {בְּאוֹצְר֣וֹת בֵּית־יְהוָ֗ה | bə-ʾōṣrōṯ bêt Yə-hō-wāh} ‘in the treasuries of the house of the LORD’ and veet otsrot bet melek hammelek {וְאֶת־אֽוֹצְרוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית מלך הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | wə-ʾeṯ ʾōṣrōṯ bêt melek hammelek} ‘and the treasuries of the house of king, the king’. The unexpected doublet melek ...
hammelek {מלך ... הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | melek ... hammelek} is retained in translation as an appositional, palace-identifying repetition rather than ignored, since the syntax still points to the royal complex as the second source.
Root and etymology
consonantsmem–lamed–kaf
“to rule”
In context — 1 Kings 15:18
Asa took all the silver and the gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the king’s house, the king’s palace, and he put them into the hand of his servants and sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezyon, king of Aram, the one dwelling in Damascus, saying,
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 15:18, 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.15.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.18.W11.S1) and character.