2 Chronicles 25:23:32 Chr.25.23.W3TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֜ה
melekhyehuda
“king of Judah”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-yeh-hoo-DAA
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx.jəhuːˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Judah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET a-ma-tsya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA
- clause
ve-ET a-ma-tsya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA BEN-yo-ASH BEN-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ta-FAS yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-VET SHA-mesh
- sentence
ve-ET a-ma-tsya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA BEN-yo-ASH BEN-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ta-FAS yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-VET SHA-mesh va-ye-vi-E-HU ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yif-ROTS be-kho-MAT ye-ru-sha-LA-im mish-SHA-ar ef-ra-YIM ad-SHA-ar ha-po-NE ar-BA me-OT a-MA
Exegesis
The verse begins with ve’et {וְאֵת֩ | wə-’ēṯ} signaling the direct object in an OSV sequence, followed by amatsyahu {אֲמַצְיָהוּ | ʼă-maṣ-yā-hû} ‘Amaziah’ with the construct melekh-yehudah {מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה | mê-leḵ yə-hû-dāh} ‘king of Judah’, ben-yoash {בֶּן־יוֹאָ֣שׁ | ben yō-’āš} ‘son of Joash’, and ben-yehoachaz {בֶּן־יְהוֹאָחָ֗ז | ben yə-hō-’ā-ḥăz} ‘son of Jehoahaz’.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign, be king”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:23
And Joash, king of Israel, seized Amaziah, king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. Then he broke through the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate up to the Corner Gate , a span of four hundred cubits .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 25:23, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֜ה (melekhyehuda) 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.25.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.23.W3.S1) and character.