2 Chronicles 18:32:72 Chr.18.32.W7TAB
מֶ֣לֶךְ
melekh
“king of”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ye-HI kir-OT sa-RE ha-RE-khev KI lo-HA-ya ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-HI kir-OT sa-RE ha-RE-khev KI lo-HA-ya ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-ya-SHU-vu me-a-kha-RAV
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּ֥י | kî} ‘that’ leads into the content clause lohayah {לֹא־הָיָ֖ה | lō-hā-yāh} ‘was not’ modifying the title melekh Yisraʾel {מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | mêleḵ Yiśrāʾēl} ‘king of Israel’.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to rule”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:32
When the commanders of the chariot saw that he was not the king of Israel, they stopped pursuing him and turned back .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 18:32, so the Hebrew word מֶ֣לֶךְ (melekh) 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.18.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.32.W7.S1) and character.