2 Chronicles 18:26:42 Chr.18.26.W4TAB
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
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
a-MAR ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-a-mar-TEM KO a-MAR ha-ME-lekh si-MU ZE BET ha-KE-le
- sentence
va-a-mar-TEM KO a-MAR ha-ME-lekh si-MU ZE BET ha-KE-le ve-ha-a-khi-LU-hu LE-khem la-KHATS u-ma-YIM la-KHATS AD shu-VI be-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive perfect form vaʾamartem {וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֗ם | vaʾa-martem} ‘and you shall say’, which introduces direct speech marked by the formula ko ʾamar hamelekh {כֹּה אָמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ | kô ʾāmar hameleḵ} ‘thus says the king’. This framing grants authority to the imperatives that follow.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“ruler, sovereign”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:26
And you shall say, “Thus says the king : ‘Place this one in the prison house and feed him bread of affliction and water of affliction until I return in peace .’”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 18:26, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (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.18.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.26.W4.S1) and character.