2 Chronicles 35:23:32 Chr.35.23.W3TAB
לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
lamelekh
“to the king”
- Transliteration
- la-ME-lekh
- Extended
- lah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /lamˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-ME-lekh
- clause
va-YO-ru ha-yo-RIM la-ME-lekh yo-shi-YA-hu
- sentence
va-YO-ru ha-yo-RIM la-ME-lekh yo-shi-YA-hu va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh la-a-va-DAV ha-a-vi-RU-ni KI ha-kho-LEI-ti me-OD
Exegesis
The noun phrase hayorim {הַיֹּרִים | hayyōrîm} ‘the archers’ employs the definite article for specificity, and the prepositional phrase la-melekh {לַמֶּלֶךְ | la-mēleḵ} ‘to the king’ indicates the direct object.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–kaf
“king, ruler”
In context — 2 Chronicles 35:23
And the archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Carry me away, for I am severely wounded .”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 35:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 35:23, so the Hebrew word לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (lamelekh) 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.35.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.35.23.W3.S1) and character.