1 Kings 21:1:141 Kgs.21.1.W14TAB
מֶ֖לֶךְ
melekh
“king of”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx/
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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Word in context
- word
ME-lekh
- clause
E-tsel he-KHAL a-kh-AV ME-lekh shom-ron
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-KHAR had-de-va-RIM ha-E-leh KE-rem ha-YA le-na-VOT hay-yiz-re-e-LI a-SHER be-yiz-re-EL E-tsel he-KHAL a-kh-AV ME-lekh shom-ron
Exegesis
The relative clause asher be-Yizreel {אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיִזְרְעֶ֑אל | ʾăšer bə-yizreʿēl} ‘which is in Jezreel’ provides location, and the locative phrase etzel heikhal Ahab melek Shomron {אֵ֚צֶל הֵיכַ֣ל אַחְאָ֔ב מֶ֖לֶךְ שֹׁמְרֽוֹן | ʾēṣel heikāl ʾaḥʾāv melek šōmrôn} ‘beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria’ narrows the scene. The sequence of existential, relative, and locative clauses focuses attention on ownership and setting.
In context — 1 Kings 21:1
After these events, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, adjacent to the royal hall of Ahab, king of Samaria.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:1:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 21:1, so the Hebrew word מֶ֖לֶךְ (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.21.1.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.1.W14.S1) and character.