2 Chronicles 18:30:132 Chr.18.30.W13TAB
אִֽם־אֶת־מֶ֥לֶךְ
imetmelekh
“but rather {with} {the} king of”
- Transliteration
- im-et-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ihm-eht-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔim.ʔɛt.ˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- but rather {with} {the} king of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
im-et-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
im-et-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- clause
KI im-et-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL le-va-DO
- 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 sequence כִּי אִם kî ʾim {כִּ֛י אִֽם | kî ʾim} forms an idiom of restriction (“but only/except”), shifting from a broad prohibition to a single permitted target.
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 18:30:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 18:30, so the Hebrew word אִֽם־אֶת־מֶ֥לֶךְ (imetmelekh) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.30.W13.S1) and character.