2 Chronicles 12:6:32 Chr.12.6.W3TAB
וְהַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
vehamelekh
“and the king”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- veh-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /vəhammɛˈlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yik-ka-ne-U sa-RE-yi-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-ka-ne-U sa-RE-yi-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-me-RU tsa-DIK Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The coordinated subjects serei-Yisrael {שָׂרֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | śā-rê yis-ra-ʾêl} and ve-hamelekh {וְהַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | wə-ham-me-leḵ} underscore joint agency.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:6
And the chiefs of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is just .”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 12:6, so the Hebrew word וְהַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (vehamelekh) 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.12.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.6.W3.S1) and character.