מָלַ֤ךְ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מָלַ֤ךְ

   ma-LAKH

   he reigned
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מָלַ֤ךְ עָמְרִי֙

   ma-LAKH a-me-RI

   he reigned Omri
3. clause🔊 בִּשְׁנַת֩ שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וְאַחַ֜ת שָׁנָ֗ה לְאָסָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה מָלַ֤ךְ עָמְרִי֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה

   bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH a-me-RI al-yis-ra-EL she-TEM es-RE sha-NA

   in year of thirty and one {feminine} year to Asa or of Asa king of Judah he reigned Omri over Israel two {feminine} ten {as -teen form} years
4. sentence🔊 בִּשְׁנַת֩ שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וְאַחַ֜ת שָׁנָ֗ה לְאָסָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה מָלַ֤ךְ עָמְרִי֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה בְּתִרְצָ֖ה מָלַ֥ךְ שֵׁשׁ־שָׁנִֽים׃

   bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH a-me-RI al-yis-ra-EL she-TEM es-RE sha-NA be-tir-TSA ma-LAKH SHESH-sha-NIM

   in year of thirty and one {feminine} year to Asa or of Asa king of Judah he reigned Omri over Israel two {feminine} ten {as -teen form} years in Tirzah he reigned six years

Exegesis

The phrase le-asa melek yehudah {לְאָסָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה | lə-ʾāsāʾ melek yəhûḏâ} anchors Omri’s accession to Judah’s chronology, a narrative technique that links the divided kingdoms’ histories.

The verb malak {מָלַ֤ךְ | mālaḵ} ‘he reigned’ introduces Omri’s accession over Israel, then malak {מָלַ֥ךְ | mālaḵ} is repeated to resume the statement after the duration phrase, adding a focused locative: be-tirtsah {בְּתִרְצָ֖ה | bə-tirṣâ} ‘in Tirzah’. This repetition creates a tight summary: total reign length (twelve years) followed by the portion associated with a specific seat of rule (six years in Tirzah), with the clause-final location giving Tirzah rhetorical prominence.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 מ־ל־ךMem–Lamed–Kaf

“to reign, rule”