1 Kings 16:15:81 Kgs.16.15.W8TAB
מָלַ֥ךְ
malakh
“reigned”
- Transliteration
- ma-LAKH
- Extended
- maa-LAKH
- IPA
- /maːˈlax/
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
- phraseyour reading level
ma-LAKH zim-RI
- clause
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH zim-RI shiv-AT ya-MIM be-tir-TSA
- sentence
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH zim-RI shiv-AT ya-MIM be-tir-TSA ve-ha-AM kho-NIM al-gib-be-TON a-SHER lap-pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-Asa melekh Yehudah {לְאַסָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה | lə-ʾāsāʾ mêleḵ Yəhūdāh} positions Asa’s kingship as the reference point.
The clause malakh Zimri shibat yamim be-Tirtzah {מָלַ֥ךְ זִמְרִ֛י שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים בְּתִרְצָ֑ה | mālaḵ Zimrî šibʿat yāmîm bə-Tirṣāh} situates Zimri’s brief reign temporally and geographically.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–kaf
“to rule, be king”
In context — 1 Kings 16:15
In Asa’s twenty-seventh year as king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah, while the people were camped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 16:15, so the Hebrew word מָלַ֥ךְ (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.16.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.15.W8.S1) and character.