2 Chronicles 9:3:22 Chr.9.3.W2TAB
מַֽלְכַּת־שְׁבָ֔א
malkatsheva
“the queen of Sheba”
- Transliteration
- mal-kat-she-VA
- Extended
- mahl-kaht-sheh-VAA
- IPA
- /malˈkat.ʃəvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the queen of Sheba
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mal-kat-she-VA
- clause
va-te-RE mal-kat-she-VA ET khokh-MAT she-lo-MO
- sentence
va-te-RE mal-kat-she-VA ET khokh-MAT she-lo-MO ve-ha-BA-yit a-SHER ba-NA
Exegesis
The construct phrase malkat Sheva {מַלְכַּת־שְׁבָא | mal·kaṯ še·ḇāʾ} ‘queen of Sheba’ binds royal title and origin.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaph
“to rule”
In context — 2 Chronicles 9:3
And when the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon , and the house that he had built ,
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 9:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 9:3, so the Hebrew word מַֽלְכַּת־שְׁבָ֔א (malkatsheva) 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.9.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.9.3.W2.S1) and character.