2 Chronicles 23:9:102 Chr.23.9.W10TAB
לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
lamelekh
“belonged to the king”
- Transliteration
- la-ME-lekh
- Extended
- lah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /lamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- belonged to the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
la-ME-lekh da-VID
- clause
va-yit-TEN ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN le-sa-RE ha-me-OT et-ha-kha-ni-TIM ve-et-ha-ma-gi-NOT ve-et-ha-she-la-TIM a-SHER la-ME-lekh da-VID
- sentence
va-yit-TEN ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN le-sa-RE ha-me-OT et-ha-kha-ni-TIM ve-et-ha-ma-gi-NOT ve-et-ha-she-la-TIM a-SHER la-ME-lekh da-VID a-SHER BET ha-e-lo-HIM
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to rule”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:9
Jehoiada the priest gave the commanders of the hundreds the spears, the shields, and the bucklers that belonged to King David and were kept in the house of God .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 23:9, so the Hebrew word לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (lamelekh) 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.23.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.9.W10.S1) and character.