2 Chronicles 23:10:142 Chr.23.10.W14TAB
עַל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
alhamelekh
“around the king”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ahl-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʕal.hamˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- around the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
al-ha-ME-lekh sa-VIV
- sentence
va-ya-a-MED et-KOL-ha-AM ve-ISH shil-KHO be-ya-DO mik-KE-tef ha-BA-yit ha-ye-ma-NIT ad-KE-tef ha-BA-yit has-se-ma-LIT lam-miz-BE-akh ve-la-BA-yit al-ha-ME-lekh sa-VIV
Exegesis
The spatial range is marked by mikkéṯep ʿad ke-ṯef {מִכֶּ֨תֶף עַד־כֶּ֤תֶף | mi-kéṯep ʿad ke-ṯef} ‘from the right shoulder of the house to the left shoulder of the house’, combined with la-mizbēaḥ wə-la-bbayit {לַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ וְלַבָּ֑יִת | la-miz-bē-aḥ wə-la-bayit} ‘to the altar and to the house’ before the framing phrase ʿal-ha-melekh sāviv {עַל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ סָבִֽיב | ʿal-ha-me-lekh sā-viv} ‘around the king’. The Hebrew vav-consecutive plus distributive syntax creates a vivid depiction of a protective encirclement around the monarch.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to rule”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:10
He positioned all the people as a guard, each man holding his weapon in his hand, stretching from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, near the altar and near the house, enclosing the king .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:10:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 23:10, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (alhamelekh) 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.23.10.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.10.W14.S1) and character.