1 Kings 20:11:21 Kgs.20.11.W2TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
melekhyisrael
“the king of Israel”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-yihs-raa-EEL
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx.jis.raːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the king of Israel
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-an ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YA-an ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-YO-mer da-be-RU al-yit-ha-LEL kho-GER kim-fa-TE-akh
Exegesis
The Piel imperative dab·bĕ·rû {דַּבְּרוּ | dab·bĕ·rû} commands the envoys, and the prohibitive particle al {אַל | al} precedes the Hitpael imperfect yit·hal·lēl {יִתְהַלֵּ֥ל | yit·hal·lēl} ‘let him boast’, creating a jussive prohibition.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem-lamed-kaf
“to rule, have dominion”
In context — 1 Kings 20:11
And the king of Israel answered and said, “Say, ‘Let not the one who girds on boast like the one who loosens it .’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 20:11, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (melekhyisrael) 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.20.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.11.W2.S1) and character.