2 Chronicles 18:28:22 Chr.18.28.W2TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל
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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-al ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YA-al ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA el-ra-MOT gil-AD
Exegesis
This verb precedes the compound subject melek-yisrael {מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | melek-yiśrāʾēl} ‘king of Israel’ and viyhoshaphat {וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט | wîhôšāp̄āṭ} ‘Jehoshaphat’, foregrounding the action before the participants.
Root and etymology
Rootm-l-k
“to rule”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:28
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat , king of Judah, went up to Ramoth Gilead.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 18:28, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (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.18.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.28.W2.S1) and character.