2 Chronicles 21:2:132 Chr.21.2.W13TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
melekhyisrael
“king of Israel”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛχ.jis.rɑːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Israel
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- clause
KAL-E-le be-NE ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-LO-a-KHIM be-NE ye-ho-sha-FAT a-zar-YA vi-khi-e-EL u-ze-khar-YA-hu va-a-zar-YA-hu u-mi-kha-EL u-she-fat-YA-hu KAL-E-le be-NE ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse closes with a resumptive summary, kol-elleh {כָּל־אֵ֕לֶּה | kāl-ʾēlleh} ‘all these,’ restating the family identification (benei Yehoshaphat) and attaching the title melekh-yisra’el {מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | meleḵ-yiśrāʾēl} ‘king of Israel’ in apposition, reinforcing the royal status that frames the brothers’ significance.
Root and etymology
consonantsMem–Lamed–Kaf
“to reign”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:2
And he had brothers , the sons of Jehoshaphat : Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariahu, and Michael, and Shephatiah. All these were the sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 21:2, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (melekhyisrael) 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.21.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.2.W13.S1) and character.