1 Kings 16:22:131 Kgs.16.22.W13TAB
וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ
vayimlokh
“and reigned or became king”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-LOKH
- Extended
- vah-yihm-LOHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈloːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and reigned or became king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
va-yim-LOKH
- clause
va-ya-MAT tiv-NI va-yim-LOKH om-RI
- sentence
va-ye-khe-ZAK ha-AM a-SHER a-kha-RE om-RI et-ha-AM a-SHER a-kha-RE tiv-NI ben-gi-NAT va-ya-MAT tiv-NI va-yim-LOKH om-RI
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative uses the vav-consecutive verbs vayekhezak {וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק | way-yeḥə-zāq} ‘and he prevailed’, vayamat {וַיָּמָת | way-yā-māt} ‘and he died’, and vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | way-yim-lōk} ‘and he reigned’ to sequence events.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־ך
“to reign, rule”
In context — 1 Kings 16:22
And the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni son of Ginath; so Tibni died and Omri reigned .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:22:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 16:22, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ (vayimlokh) 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.16.22.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.22.W13.S1) and character.