2 Chronicles 29:1:22 Chr.29.1.W2TAB

מָלַ֗ךְ

malakh

reigned

Transliteration
ma-LAKH
Extended
maa-LAHKH
IPA
/maːˈlax/

Meaning by language

English
reigned

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מָ + לַ֗ךְ
ma + lakh
malakh

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    ma-LAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ma-LAKH

  3. clause

    ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ma-LAKH ben-E-ser-IM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ve-E-ser-IM va-TE-sha sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM

  4. sentence

    ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ma-LAKH ben-E-ser-IM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ve-E-ser-IM va-TE-sha sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM ve-SHEM i-MO a-vi-YA bat-ze-khar-ya-HU

Exegesis

The perfect verb malakh {מָלַךְ | mā-lāḵ} ‘reigned/became king’ is followed by the age construct ben-esrim ve-chamesh shanah {בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה | ben-‘eś-rîm wə-ḥā-mēš šā-nāh} ‘son of twenty and five years,’ functioning as an absolute age statement in a construct chain.

A parallel construct ve-esrim va-tesha shanah malakh {וְעֶשְׂרִים וָתֵשַׁע שָׁנָה מָלַךְ | wə-‘eś-rîm wā-ṯē-ša‘ šā-nāh mā-lāḵ} ‘and twenty and nine years he reigned’ specifies the reign’s duration.

Root and etymology

m-l-kmem–lamed–kaph

to reign

In context2 Chronicles 29:1

Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king , and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah .

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 29:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 29:1, so the Hebrew word מָלַ֗ךְ (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.29.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.29.1.W2.S1) and character.