2 Chronicles 22:1:182 Chr.22.1.W18TAB
מֶ֥לֶךְ
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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Word in context
- word
ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- clause
va-yim-LOKH a-khaz-ya-HU ben-ye-ho-RAM ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-yam-li-KHU yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim et-a-khaz-ya-HU ve-NO ha-ka-TON takh-TAV KI khol-ha-ri-sho-NIM ha-RAG hag-de-DUD ha-BA ba-re-VIM lam-ma-kha-NE va-yim-LOKH a-khaz-ya-HU ben-ye-ho-RAM ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The final vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayimloch {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | vayyimlāḵ} ‘and he began to reign’ returns to the main narrative, followed by the name phrase akhazyahu ben-yehoram melekh yehudah {אֲחַזְיָהוּ בֶּן־יְהוֹרָם מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה | ’ăḥazyāhû ben-Yehôrām meleḳ Yehûḏāh} to specify his identity and title.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to rule”
In context — 2 Chronicles 22:1
The inhabitants of Jerusalem enthroned Ahaziah, his youngest son, as king in his place because the troop that came with the Arabs to the camp had killed all the older sons. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 22:1:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Chronicles 22:1, so the Hebrew word מֶ֥לֶךְ (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.22.1.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.22.1.W18.S1) and character.