1 Kings 16:27:141 Kgs.16.27.W14TAB
לְמַלְכֵ֥י
lemalkhe
“of the kings of”
- Transliteration
- le-mal-KHE
- Extended
- leh-mahl-KHEH
- IPA
- /ləmɑlˈχeː/
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-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE om-RI a-SHER a-SA u-ge-vu-ra-TO a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-sefer {עַל־סֵ֛פֶר | ăl sḗ-fer} ‘in the book’ with the construct divrei hayamim {דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים | dib-rḗ hă-yā-mîm} ‘of the chronicles’ specifies the official court annals, and lemalkei Yisrael {לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | lə-malkḗ yiś-rāʼḗl} ‘of the kings of Israel’ identifies the scope of the work.
In context — 1 Kings 16:27
And the rest of the acts of Omri , which he performed, and his might , which he demonstrated—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:27:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 16:27, 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.16.27.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.27.W14.S1) and character.