1 Samuel 13:1:61 Sam.13.1.W6TAB
מָלַ֖ךְ
malakh
“he reigned”
- Transliteration
- ma-LAKH
- Extended
- maa-LAHKH
- IPA
- /maˈlax/
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
- clause
u-she-TEI sha-NIM ma-LAKH al-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ben-sha-NA sha-UL be-mal-KHO u-she-TEI sha-NIM ma-LAKH al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The Qal perfect malakh {מָלַ֖ךְ | mālaḵ} ‘he reigned’ anchors the statement, while the prepositional phrase al-Yisrael {עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ʿal-yiś-rāʼēl} specifies his jurisdiction. The juxtaposition of initial and complete regnal spans yields a concise bi-temporal overview of Saul’s rule.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign, rule”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:1
Saul had been king for one year , and he reigned two years over Israel.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 13:1, so the Hebrew word מָלַ֖ךְ (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 Sam.13.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.1.W6.S1) and character.