וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ

   va-yim-LOKH

   and he reigned
2. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב אֲבִיָּ֜ה עִם־אֲבֹתָ֗יו וַיִּקְבְּר֤וּ אֹת֙וֹ֙ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔יד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אָסָ֥א בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּ֑יו

   va-yish-KAV a-vi-YA im-a-VO-taiv va-yik-be-RU o-TO be-IR da-VID va-yim-LOKH a-SA ve-NO ta-KHTAIV

   and he lay down or slept Abijah with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David and he reigned Asa his son in his place or under him
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב אֲבִיָּ֜ה עִם־אֲבֹתָ֗יו וַיִּקְבְּר֤וּ אֹת֙וֹ֙ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔יד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אָסָ֥א בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּ֑יו בְּיָמָ֛יו שָׁקְטָ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ עֶ֥שֶׂר שָׁנִֽים׃

   va-yish-KAV a-vi-YA im-a-VO-taiv va-yik-be-RU o-TO be-IR da-VID va-yim-LOKH a-SA ve-NO ta-KHTAIV be-ya-MAIV shak-TA ha-A-rets E-ser sha-NIM

   and he lay down or slept Abijah with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David and he reigned Asa his son in his place or under him in his days was quiet or had rest the land ten years

Exegesis

The verse features a sequence of narrative conjunctions wayyiškav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | wayyiškav} ‘and he lay down’, wayyiḳberû {וַיִּקְבְּרוּ | wayyiḳberû} ‘and they buried’, and wayyimlōḵ {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wayyimlōḵ} ‘and he reigned’, which together signal a rapid progression of events.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 מ־ל־ךְMem, Lamed, Kaf

“to reign, be king”

• 🔊 מַמְלָכָהmamlāḵâkingdom1 Samuel 10:18