2 Chronicles 18:30:12 Chr.18.30.W1TAB
וּמֶ֣לֶךְ
umelekh
“and {the} king of”
- Transliteration
- u-ME-lekh
- Extended
- oo-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /uˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and {the} king of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
u-ME-lekh a-RAM
- clause
u-ME-lekh a-RAM tsi-VA et-sa-RE ha-RE-khev a-SHER-lo le-MOR LO til-la-kha-MU et-ha-ka-TON et-ha-ga-DOL
- sentence
u-ME-lekh a-RAM tsi-VA et-sa-RE ha-RE-khev a-SHER-lo le-MOR LO til-la-kha-MU et-ha-ka-TON et-ha-ga-DOL KI im-et-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL le-va-DO
Exegesis
The clause opens with וּמֶ֣לֶךְ umelekh {וּמֶ֣לֶךְ | ûmelek} linking this sentence to the ongoing battle narrative and foregrounding the Aramean monarch as subject.
Root and etymology
consonantsMem–Lamed–Kaf
“to reign”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:30
Now the king of Aram commanded the commanders of his chariotry, saying, “You shall not fight the small or the great, but only the king of Israel, by himself.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 18:30, so the Hebrew word וּמֶ֣לֶךְ (umelekh) 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.18.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.30.W1.S1) and character.