2 Chronicles 12:13:22 Chr.12.13.W2TAB
הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ
hamelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ME-lekh re-khav-AM
- clause
va-yit-kha-ZEK ha-ME-lekh re-khav-AM bi-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yim-LOKH
- sentence
va-yit-kha-ZEK ha-ME-lekh re-khav-AM bi-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yim-LOKH KI ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-khav-AM be-mal-KHO u-she-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ha-IR a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH la-SUM et-she-MO SHAM mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL ve-SHEM im-MO na-a-MA ha-a-mo-NIT
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:13
And King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned, for he was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen to place His Name there from among all the tribes of Israel. The name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonitess.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 12:13, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ (hamelekh) 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.12.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.13.W2.S1) and character.