2 Chronicles 34:20:132 Chr.34.20.W13TAB
עֶֽבֶד־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
evedhamelekh
“servant of the king”
- Transliteration
- E-ved-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- EH-veh d-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʕɛ.vɛd.hamˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- servant of the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
E-ved-ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
a-sa-YA E-ved-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yet-TSAV ha-ME-lekh ET-khil-ki-YA-hu ve-ET-a-khi-KAM BEN-sha-FAN ve-ET-av-DON BEN-mi-KHA ve-ET sha-FAN ha-so-FER ve-ET a-sa-YA E-ved-ha-ME-lekh le-MOR
Exegesis
The repeated direct-object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} parcels out a paratactic list of officials, each specified by construct-chain descriptors ben {בֶּן־ | ben} ‘son of’ and eved-hamelekh {עֶבֶד־הַמֶּלֶךְ | ʿe-ved ham-me-lekh} ‘servant of the king’.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“rule, dominion”
In context — 2 Chronicles 34:20
And the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king, saying .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 34:20:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 34:20, so the Hebrew word עֶֽבֶד־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (evedhamelekh) 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.34.20.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.34.20.W13.S1) and character.