1 Kings 15:29:21 Kgs.15.29.W2TAB
כְמָלְכ֗וֹ
khemalkho
“when he became king”
- Transliteration
- khe-mal-KHO
- Extended
- keh-mahl-KHOO
- IPA
- /xəmalˈxoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- when he became king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
khe-mal-KHO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI khe-mal-KHO
- clause
va-ye-HI khe-mal-KHO hi-KA et-KOL-BET ya-ra-VA-am lo-hi-she-IR kol-ne-sha-MA le-ya-ra-VA-am ad-hi-shmi-DO
- sentence
va-ye-HI khe-mal-KHO hi-KA et-KOL-BET ya-ra-VA-am lo-hi-she-IR kol-ne-sha-MA le-ya-ra-VA-am ad-hi-shmi-DO ki-dvar Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD-av-DO a-khi-YA ha-shi-lo-NI
Exegesis
The temporal infinitive construct kemalkho {כְמָלְכ֗וֹ | kə-mā-lə-kô} ‘as he reigned’ establishes timing for the Hifil perfect verb hikah {הִכָּה | hiqqāh} ‘he struck down’.
In context — 1 Kings 15:29
As soon as he began to reign, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he left Jeroboam no one who breathed until he had destroyed it according to the word of the LORD spoken by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 15:29, so the Hebrew word כְמָלְכ֗וֹ (khemalkho) 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.15.29.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.29.W2.S1) and character.