1 Kings 15:22:161 Kgs.15.22.W16TAB
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
hammelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- ham-ME-lekh
- Extended
- hahm-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
ham-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ham-ME-lekh A-sa
- clause
va-yi-VEN BAM ham-ME-lekh A-sa et-GE-va bin-ya-MIN ve-et-ham-mits-PA
- sentence
ve-ham-ME-lekh A-sa hish-mi-A et-KOL-ye-hu-DA EN na-KI va-yis-E-u et-av-NE ha-ra-MA ve-et-e-TSE-ha a-SHER ba-NA ba-SHA va-yi-VEN BAM ham-ME-lekh A-sa et-GE-va bin-ya-MIN ve-et-ham-mits-PA
Exegesis
The clause opens with a fronted subject, ve-hamelekh Asa {וְהַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אָסָ֜א | wə-ham-meleḵ ʾā-sāʾ}, establishing royal agency before the causative verb hishmia {הִשְׁמִ֤יעַ | hiš-mîaʿ} ‘he caused to hear’, a Hiphil perfect that presents the act as a completed official announcement.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign”
In context — 1 Kings 15:22
King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah—no one was exempt—and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timbers, with which Baasha had built; and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:22:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 15:22, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (hammelekh) 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.15.22.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.22.W16.S1) and character.