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

Result
לְ + מַלְ + כֵ֣י
le + mal + khe
lemalkhe

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-mal-KHE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.