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

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Result
מֶ֣ + לֶךְ
me + lekh
melekh

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    ME-lekh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ME-lekh tsi-do-NIM

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.