1 Kings 15:25:31 Kgs.15.25.W3TAB
מָלַךְ֙
malakh
“reigned”
- Transliteration
- ma-LAKH
- Extended
- maa-LAKH
- IPA
- /mɑːˈlax/
Meaning by language
- English
- reigned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ma-LAKH
- clause
ve-na-DAV ben-ya-rav-AM ma-LAKH al-yis-ra-EL bish-NAT she-TAY-im le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-na-DAV ben-ya-rav-AM ma-LAKH al-yis-ra-EL bish-NAT she-TAY-im le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yim-LOKH al-yis-ra-EL she-na-TA-yim
Exegesis
The Qal perfect malakh {מָלַךְ | mā-lā-kh} introduces the accession event.
The genitive relation le-asa melekh yehudah {לְאָסָא מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה | lə-ʾā-sā mē-lekh yə-hū-dā} situates this within Asa’s reign.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaph
“to reign, be king”
In context — 1 Kings 15:25
Nadab, son of Jeroboam, ascended the throne of Israel in the second year of Asa, king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel for two years .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 15:25, so the Hebrew word מָלַךְ֙ (malakh) 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.15.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.25.W3.S1) and character.