1 Kings 19:15:121 Kgs.19.15.W12TAB
לְמֶ֖לֶךְ
lemelekh
“as king”
- Transliteration
- le-ME-lekh
- Extended
- leh-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ləˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- as king
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 | |
| 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
le-ME-lekh
- clause
u-va-TA u-ma-SHAKH-ta et-kha-za-EL le-ME-lekh al-a-RAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH e-LAV LEKH SHUV le-dar-KHA mid-ba-RA dam-MA-sek u-va-TA u-ma-SHAKH-ta et-kha-za-EL le-ME-lekh al-a-RAM
Exegesis
The particle et marks the direct object chazael {חֲזָאֵל | ḥa-zā-ʾēl}, and the prepositional phrases lemelekh {לְמֶלֶךְ | lə-me-lek} ‘to king’ and alaram {עַל־אֲרָם | ʿal-ʾă-rām} ‘over Aram’ establish the new office. The English order preserves Hebrew syntax and directional nuance through idiomatic punctuation.
Root and etymology
l-k-hlamed–kaph–heh
“to go, walk”
In context — 1 Kings 19:15
And the LORD said to him, “Go, return by your way to the wilderness toward Damascus, and when you come, you shall anoint Hazael as king over Aram.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 19:15, so the Hebrew word לְמֶ֖לֶךְ (lemelekh) 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.19.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.15.W12.S1) and character.