1 Kings 16:28:61 Kgs.16.28.W6TAB
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
vayimlokh
“and he reigned”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-LOKH
- Extended
- vah-yihm-LOHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈloːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he reigned
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-yim-LOKH akh-AV be-NO takh-TAV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV om-RI im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-shom-RON va-yim-LOKH akh-AV be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The sequence resumes with vayimloch {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | və-yim-lōḵ} ‘and he reigned’, followed by the subject ahab {אַחְאָב | ’āḥ-āḇ} and the status phrase bno tachtav {בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו | bə-nō ṯaḥ-tāyw} ‘his son in his place’, indicating dynastic succession. This progression from death to burial to reign exemplifies the Hebrew historiographical convention of sequential temporal narration.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־ך
“to reign, be king”
In context — 1 Kings 16:28
And Omri lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria , and Ahab his son reigned in his place .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 16:28, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (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.16.28.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.28.W6.S1) and character.