1 Kings 15:24:91 Kgs.15.24.W9TAB
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
vayimlokh
“and he reigned”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-LOKH
- Extended
- vah-yihm-LOHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈloːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he reigned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
va-yim-LOKH
- clause
va-yim-LOKH ye-ho-sha-FAT be-NO takh-TAV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV a-SA im-a-VO-tav va-yik-ka-VER im-a-VO-tav be-IR da-VID a-VIV va-yim-LOKH ye-ho-sha-FAT be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The final clause introduces wayyimmāleḵ {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wayyimmāleḵ} ‘reigned,’ followed by bə-nō ṯaḥtāv {בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּיו | bə-nō ṯaḥtāv} ‘in his son in his place’ to specify Jehoshaphat’s accession. This tight sequence of verbs and nominal phrases, connected by vav, exemplifies the concise historiographical style of the Deuteronomistic record.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign”
In context — 1 Kings 15:24
Asa lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; then Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 15:24, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (vayimlokh) 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.15.24.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.24.W9.S1) and character.