2 Chronicles 23:20:112 Chr.23.20.W11TAB
אֶת־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙
ethamelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- eht-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-RED et-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yik-KAKH et-sa-RE ha-me-OT ve-et-ha-a-di-RIM ve-et-ha-mo-she-LIM ba-AM ve-ET kol-AM ha-A-rets va-yo-RED et-ha-ME-lekh mi-BET ye-ho-VAH va-ya-BO-u be-TOKH-sha-AR ha-el-YON BET ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH et-sa-RE ha-me-OT ve-et-ha-a-di-RIM ve-et-ha-mo-she-LIM ba-AM ve-ET kol-AM ha-A-rets va-yo-RED et-ha-ME-lekh mi-BET ye-ho-VAH va-ya-BO-u be-TOKH-sha-AR ha-el-YON BET ha-ME-lekh va-yo-shi-VU et-ha-ME-lekh AL ki-SE ha-mam-la-KHA
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“to rule, reign”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:20
He gathered the commanders of the hundreds, the nobles, the rulers among the people, and all the inhabitants of the land, and he led the king down from the house of the LORD . They went in by the upper gate of the king’s house and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:20:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 23:20, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (ethamelekh) 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.23.20.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.20.W11.S1) and character.