1 Kings 16:10:91 Kgs.16.10.W9TAB
מֶ֣לֶךְ
melekh
“king of”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- clause
va-ya-VO zim-RI va-yak-KE-hu va-ye-mi-TE-hu bish-naat e-se-RIM va-SHE-va le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-ya-VO zim-RI va-yak-KE-hu va-ye-mi-TE-hu bish-naat e-se-RIM va-SHE-va le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yim-LOKH takh-TAI-v
Exegesis
The final clause uses vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wayyimməlōḵ} ‘and he reigned’ paired with takhtav {תַּחְתָּיו | taḥtāyw} ‘in his place’ to signal succession. The formal translation mirrors the Hebrew structure and numeric expression, while the dynamic version renders takhtav idiomatically to convey the sense of royal transition.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־כ
“king; ruler”
In context — 1 Kings 16:10
Zimri entered, struck him down , and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah; then he reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 16:10, so the Hebrew word מֶ֣לֶךְ (melekh) 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.16.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.10.W9.S1) and character.