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

Result
מֶֽ + לֶךְ + יִשְׂ + רָ + אֵ֛ל
me + lekh + yis + ra + el
melekhyisrael

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YA-al ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL

  3. 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 context2 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.