1 Kings 22:42:91 Kgs.22.42.W9TAB
מָלַ֑ךְ
malakh
“he reigned”
- Transliteration
- ma-LAKH
- Extended
- maa-LAHKH
- IPA
- /maːˈlax/
Meaning by language
- English
- he reigned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ma-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
sha-NA ma-LAKH
- clause
ye-ho-SHA-fat ben-she-lo-SHIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA be-mol-KHO ve-es-re-RIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH
- sentence
ye-ho-SHA-fat ben-she-lo-SHIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA be-mol-KHO ve-es-re-RIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ve-SHEM IM-mo a-zu-VA bat-shil-KHI
Exegesis
The coordinate structure ve-esrim ve-chamesh shanah malakh birushalayim {וְעֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָם | wə-ʿeśrīm wə-ḥāmeš šānāh mālāḵ bīrūšālāyim} ‘and twenty-five years he reigned in Jerusalem’ shifts to a VSO order for emphasis on duration.
Root and etymology
Rootm-l-k
“to reign”
In context — 1 Kings 22:42
And Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Azubah , the daughter of Shilhi.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:42:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 22:42, so the Hebrew word מָלַ֑ךְ (malakh) 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.22.42.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.42.W9.S1) and character.