2 Chronicles 21:1:82 Chr.21.1.W8TAB
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
vayimlokh
“and reigned”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-LOKH
- Extended
- vah-yihm-LOHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈloːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and reigned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
va-yim-LOKH
- clause
va-yim-LOKH ye-ho-RAM be-NO takh-TAV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV ye-ho-sha-FAT im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER im-a-vo-TAV be-IR da-VID va-yim-LOKH ye-ho-RAM be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The narrative then transitions to succession with vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wayyimlōḵ} ‘and he reigned,’ identifying Jehoram (yehoram {יְהוֹרָם | yəhōrām}) as the new king, while the phrase takhtav {תַּחְתָּיו | takhattāyw} ‘in his place’ marks dynastic replacement. The formal translation mirrors the Hebrew word order to reflect event sequence, whereas the dynamic version restructures the clauses for natural English flow.
Root and etymology
consonantsMem–Lamed–Kaf
“to reign”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:1
Then Jehoshaphat lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David . And Jehoram his son became king in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 21:1, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (vayimlokh) 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.21.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.1.W8.S1) and character.