1 Kings 16:31:111 Kgs.16.31.W11TAB
מֶ֣לֶךְ
melekh
“king of”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh tsi-do-NIM
- clause
va-yik-KAKH i-SHA et-i-ze-VEL bat-et-be-AL ME-lekh tsi-do-NIM va-ye-LEKH va-ya-a-VOD et-ha-ba-AL va-yish-ta-KHU LO
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-na-KEL LEKH-to be-kha-TO-ot ya-ra-VA-am ben-ne-VAT va-yik-KAKH i-SHA et-i-ze-VEL bat-et-be-AL ME-lekh tsi-do-NIM va-ye-LEKH va-ya-a-VOD et-ha-ba-AL va-yish-ta-KHU LO
Root and etymology
מ־ל־ךְ
“king, ruler”
In context — 1 Kings 16:31
And it was a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and he took as wife Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:31:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 16:31, so the Hebrew word מֶ֣לֶךְ (melekh) 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.16.31.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.31.W11.S1) and character.