2 Chronicles 21:20:72 Chr.21.20.W7TAB
מָלַ֖ךְ
malakh
“he reigned”
- Transliteration
- ma-LAKH
- Extended
- maa-LAHKH
- IPA
- /maːˈlax/
Meaning by language
- English
- he reigned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ma-LAKH
- clause
ben-she-lo-SHIM u-she-TA-yim ha-YA ve-mal-KHO u-she-mo-NE sha-NIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ben-she-lo-SHIM u-she-TA-yim ha-YA ve-mal-KHO u-she-mo-NE sha-NIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM va-ye-LEKH be-LO khem-DA va-yik-be-RU-hu be-IR da-VID ve-LO be-kiv-ROT ham-me-la-KHIM
Exegesis
The clause malakh birushalayim {מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם | mālaḵ bîrûšālayim} ‘he reigned in Jerusalem’ anchors the reign geographically.
Root and etymology
consonantsMem–Lamed–Kaf
“to reign”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:20
He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He left this life without being desired , and they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 21:20, so the Hebrew word מָלַ֖ךְ (malakh) 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.21.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.20.W7.S1) and character.