2 Chronicles 25:11:72 Chr.25.11.W7TAB
הַמֶּ֑לַח
hamelakh
“the salt”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lakh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lahkh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the salt
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ME-lakh
- phraseyour reading level
GE ha-ME-lakh
- clause
va-a-ma-tsi-YA-hu hit-kha-ZAK va-yin-HAG et-a-MO va-ye-LEKH GE ha-ME-lakh
- sentence
va-a-ma-tsi-YA-hu hit-kha-ZAK va-yin-HAG et-a-MO va-ye-LEKH GE ha-ME-lakh va-YAKH et-be-NE-se-IR a-SE-ret a-la-FIM
Exegesis
The construct phrase ge-hamelach {גֵּיא הַמֶּלַח | gê ham-mê-laḥ} ‘Valley of Salt’ specifies location.
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:11
And Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people, and he went to the Valley of Salt and struck ten thousand of the sons of Seir .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 25:11, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֑לַח (hamelakh) 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.25.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.11.W7.S1) and character.