2 Chronicles 2:11:32 Chr.2.11.W3TABWLC 2 Chronicles 2:10
מֶֽלֶךְ־צֹר֙
melekhtsor
“king of Tyre”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-TSOR
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-TSOHR
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx.tsoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Tyre
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 | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-TSOR
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer khu-RAM ME-lekh-TSOR
- clause
va-YO-mer khu-RAM ME-lekh-TSOR vik-TAV va-yish-LAKH el-she-lo-MO
- sentence
va-YO-mer khu-RAM ME-lekh-TSOR vik-TAV va-yish-LAKH el-she-lo-MO be-a-ha-VAT ye-ho-VAH et-a-MO ne-TAN-kha a-LE-hem ME-lekh
Exegesis
The subject is the noun construct phrase huram melekh-tsor {חוּרָם מֶלֶךְ-צֹר | ḥûrâm meleḵ ṣôr} ‘Huram, king of Tyre’.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–kaf
“to rule”
In context — 2 Chronicles 2:11
Huram, king of Tyre, replied in writing to Solomon, “Because of the love of the LORD for his people , He has made you king over them.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 2:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 2:11, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־צֹר֙ (melekhtsor) 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.2.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.2.11.W3.S1) and character.