2 Chronicles 24:1:72 Chr.24.1.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-va sha-NIM yo-ASH be-mal-KHO ve-ar-ba-IM sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ben-SHE-va sha-NIM yo-ASH be-mal-KHO ve-ar-ba-IM sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM ve-SHEM i-MO tsiv-YA mib-BE-ER SHA-va
Exegesis
The next clause fronts the duration wə-ʾarbāʿîm šānāh {וְאַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה | wə-ʾarbāʿîm šānāh} ‘and forty year’ before the finite verb mālaḵ {מָלַךְ | mālaḵ} ‘he reigned,’ giving prominence to the length of rule.
Root and etymology
m-l-kMem–Lamed–Kaf
“to reign”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:1
Joash was seven years old when he became king , and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah, from Beersheba .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 24:1, 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.24.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.1.W7.S1) and character.