1 Kings 20:1:21 Kgs.20.1.W2TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֗ם
melekharam
“king of Aram”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-a-RAM
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-ah-RAAM
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx.ʔăˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Aram
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-a-RAM
- phraseyour reading level
u-VEN-ha-DAD ME-lekh-a-RAM
- clause
u-VEN-ha-DAD ME-lekh-a-RAM ka-VATS et-KAL-KHEI-lo u-she-lo-SHIM u-she-NA-yim ME-lekh i-TO ve-SUS va-ra-KHEV
- sentence
u-VEN-ha-DAD ME-lekh-a-RAM ka-VATS et-KAL-KHEI-lo u-she-lo-SHIM u-she-NA-yim ME-lekh i-TO ve-SUS va-ra-KHEV va-ya-AL va-ya-TSAR al-SHO-mer-ON va-yil-la-KHEM BAH
Exegesis
The construct chain melech-aram {מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָם | me-lĕḵ-ʼă-rām} specifies his royal title.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem-lamed-kaf
“to rule, have dominion”
In context — 1 Kings 20:1
And Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, gathered all his army and thirty-two kings were with him, with horses and chariots. Then he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 20:1, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֗ם (melekharam) 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.20.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.1.W2.S1) and character.