1 Kings 15:23:141 Kgs.15.23.W14TAB
לְמַלְכֵ֣י
lemalkhe
“of the kings of”
- Transliteration
- le-mal-KHE
- Extended
- leh-mahl-KHEE
- IPA
- /ləmalˈxeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the 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
ve-YE-ter kol-div-RE-A-sa ve-khol-ge-vu-ra-TO ve-khol-a-SHER A-sa ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER ba-NA ha-LO-he-MA khe-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-YE-ter kol-div-RE-A-sa ve-khol-ge-vu-ra-TO ve-khol-a-SHER A-sa ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER ba-NA ha-LO-he-MA khe-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA RAK le-ET zik-na-TO kha-LA et-rag-LAV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al sefer dibrei hayyamim lemalchei Yehudah {עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה | ʿal-sê-per dib·rê hay-yā-mîm lə-mal-khê Yə-hū-dāh} specifies this source.
In context — 1 Kings 15:23
The remaining acts of Asa—his might, what he did, and the cities he built—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Yet in his old age , he became diseased in his feet.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:23:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 15:23, so the Hebrew word לְמַלְכֵ֣י (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.15.23.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.23.W14.S1) and character.