2 Chronicles 24:6:22 Chr.24.6.W2TAB
הַמֶּלֶךְ֮
hamelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yik-RA ha-ME-lekh li-ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ROSH va-yo-MER LO mad-DU-a lo-DA-rash-TA al-ha-le-vi-YIM le-ha-VI mi-ye-hu-DA u-mi-ru-sha-LA-yim et-mas-Et mo-SHE E-ved-ye-ho-VAH ve-hak-ka-HAL le-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yik-RA ha-ME-lekh li-ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ROSH va-yo-MER LO mad-DU-a lo-DA-rash-TA al-ha-le-vi-YIM le-ha-VI mi-ye-hu-DA u-mi-ru-sha-LA-yim et-mas-Et mo-SHE E-ved-ye-ho-VAH ve-hak-ka-HAL le-yis-ra-EL le-O-hel ha-e-DUT
Exegesis
The subject ha-melekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hammēleḵ} “the king” is followed by the indirect object li-yehoyada ha-rosh {לִיהוֹיָדָע הָרֹאשׁ | lēyhōyāḏāʿ hārōš} “to Jehoiada the chief,” marking appositional identification.
Root and etymology
m-l-kMem–Lamed–Kaf
“to reign”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:6
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem the collection, according to the command of Moses, the servant of the LORD , and of the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony ?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 24:6, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ (hamelekh) 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.24.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.6.W2.S1) and character.