2 Chronicles 18:17:22 Chr.18.17.W2TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
melekhyisrael
“the king of Israel”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx.jis.rɑːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the king of Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-LO a-MAR-ti e-LE-kha lo-yit-na-BE a-LAI TOV KI im-le-RA
Exegesis
The construct chain melech Yisrael {מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | mêleḵ yiśrāʼēl} identifies the speaker, and the prepositional phrase el Yehoshaphat {אֶל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט | ʼel yəhōšāp̄āṭ} marks the addressee.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem-lamed-kaf
“king, ruler”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:17
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but only evil ?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 18:17, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (melekhyisrael) 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.18.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.17.W2.S1) and character.