2 Chronicles 4:16:82 Chr.4.16.W8TAB
לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ
lamelekh
“for the king”
- Transliteration
- la-ME-lekh
- Extended
- lah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /lamːɛˈlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- for 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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Word in context
- word
la-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
la-ME-lekh she-lo-MO
- clause
ve-ET-ha-SI-rot ve-ET-ha-ya-IM ve-ET-ha-miz-la-GOT ve-ET-kol-ke-le-HEM a-SA khu-RAM a-VIV la-ME-lekh she-lo-MO le-VET Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ET-ha-SI-rot ve-ET-ha-ya-IM ve-ET-ha-miz-la-GOT ve-ET-kol-ke-le-HEM a-SA khu-RAM a-VIV la-ME-lekh she-lo-MO le-VET Ye-ho-VAH ne-KHO-shet ma-RUK
Exegesis
The beneficiary phrase la-melekh shelomo {לַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה | la-me-lekh šə-lō-mō} marks Solomon as recipient, and the locative lebeit YHWH {לְבֵית יְהוָה | le-veyt Yə-hō-wāh} indicates the temple setting.
In context — 2 Chronicles 4:16
And the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all their vessels were made by Huram-abi for King Solomon for the house of the LORD , all of polished bronze .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 4:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 4:16, so the Hebrew word לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (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.4.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.4.16.W8.S1) and character.