1 Kings 16:14:111 Kgs.16.14.W11TAB
לְמַלְכֵ֥י
lemalkhe
“of the kings of”
- Transliteration
- le-mal-KHE
- Extended
- leh-mahl-KHEE
- IPA
- /ləmalˈχeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the kings of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-mal-KHE
- phraseyour reading level
le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- clause
ha-lo-E-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE e-LA ve-khol-e-SHER a-SA ha-lo-E-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The phrase al-sefer divrei hayamim lemalchei Yisrael {עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | al-sê-fer di-vré hā-yā-mím lə-mal-khê yis-rā-ʼél} refers to an established annalistic source. English rendering reorders the Hebrew construct chains for natural flow while preserving the rhetorical interrogative and official register.
In context — 1 Kings 16:14
As for the remaining acts of Elah —everything he did—are they not recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:14:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 16:14, so the Hebrew word לְמַלְכֵ֥י (lemalkhe) 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.16.14.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.14.W11.S1) and character.