2 Chronicles 12:2:42 Chr.12.2.W4TAB
לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
lamelekh
“of the king”
- Transliteration
- la-ME-lekh
- Extended
- lah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /lamˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
la-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-kha-mi-SHIT la-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am A-la shi-SHAK ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-kha-mi-SHIT la-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am A-la shi-SHAK ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im KI ma-a-LU ba-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The phrase lammelekh Rechav‘am {לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ רְחַבְעָם | la-mê-leḵ rê-ḥă-ḇā-ʿam} ‘to King Rehoboam’ identifies the sovereign, while the Qal perfect alah {עָלָה | ʿā-lāh} ‘went up’ introduces the hostile advance.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:2
And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak, king of Egypt, went up against Jerusalem because they acted unfaithfully against the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 12:2, so the Hebrew word לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (lamelekh) 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.12.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.2.W4.S1) and character.