2 Chronicles 12:1:32 Chr.12.1.W3TAB
מַלְכ֤וּת
malkhut
“the kingdom of”
- Transliteration
- mal-KHUT
- Extended
- mahl-KHOOT
- IPA
- /malˈχuːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the kingdom of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mal-KHUT
- phraseyour reading level
mal-KHUT re-kha-VAM
- clause
va-ye-HI ke-ha-KHIN mal-KHUT re-kha-VAM u-khe-hez-ka-TO a-ZAV et-TO-rat Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-ha-KHIN mal-KHUT re-kha-VAM u-khe-hez-ka-TO a-ZAV et-TO-rat Ye-ho-VAH ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL i-MO
Exegesis
The noun phrase malkhut rechav’am {מַלְכ֤וּת רְחַבְעָם֙ | malkhût rëkhăvə‘ām} functions as the subject, while the qal perfect verb azav {עָזַ֖ב | ‘āzav} ‘he forsook’ marks the decisive action.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:1
And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he had become strong, that he abandoned the law of the LORD , and all Israel was with him.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 12:1, so the Hebrew word מַלְכ֤וּת (malkhut) 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 2 Chr.12.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.1.W3.S1) and character.