1 Kings 15:33:61 Kgs.15.33.W6TAB
מָ֠לַךְ
malakh
“he reigned or became king”
- Transliteration
- ma-LAKH
- Extended
- maa-LAHKH
- IPA
- /maːˈlax/
Meaning by language
- English
- he reigned or became king
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
ma-LAKH ba-SHA ben-a-KHI-ya al-kol-yis-ra-EL be-tir-TSA e-sre-RIM ve-ar-BA sha-NA
- sentence
bish-NAT sha-LOSH le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH ba-SHA ben-a-KHI-ya al-kol-yis-ra-EL be-tir-TSA e-sre-RIM ve-ar-BA sha-NA
Exegesis
The phrase le-Asa melekh Yehudah {לְאָסָ֖א מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה | lᵉ-ʾāsāʾ mēleḵ yᵉhûḏāh} specifies Asa as king of Judah.
The Qal perfect malakh {מָ֠לַךְ | mālaḵ} ‘reigned’ introduces the main verb, followed by ben-Achiyah {בֶן־אֲחִיָּ֤ה | ben-ʾăḥiyyāh} ‘son of Ahijah’ as patronymic.
Root and etymology
m-l-km-l-k
“to reign”
In context — 1 Kings 15:33
In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:33:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 15:33, so the Hebrew word מָ֠לַךְ (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.15.33.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.33.W6.S1) and character.