2 Kings 13:1:92 Kgs.13.1.W9TAB
מָ֠לַךְ
malakh
“reigned”
- Transliteration
- ma-LAKH
- Extended
- maa-LAHKH
- IPA
- /maːˈlax/
Meaning by language
- English
- reigned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ma-LAKH
- clause
ma-LAKH ye-ho-a-KHAZ BEN-ye-HU al-yis-ra-EL be-shom-re-RON she-VA e-se-RE sha-NA
- sentence
bish-NAT e-se-RIM ve-sha-LOSH sha-NA le-yo-ASH BEN-a-khaz-ya-HU ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH ye-ho-a-KHAZ BEN-ye-HU al-yis-ra-EL be-shom-re-RON she-VA e-se-RE sha-NA
Exegesis
The lamed phrase leyoash {לְיוֹאָ֥שׁ | lə-yôʾāš} ‘of Joash’ marks the reign used as the chronological reference point, and the following appositional chain ben-achazyahu melech yehudah {בֶּן־אֲחַזְיָ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה | ben-ʾăḥazyāhû melek yəhûḏāh} identifies him as “son of Ahaziah, king of Judah.”
The main clause is driven by malakh {מָ֠לַךְ | mālak} ‘became king,’ with yehoachaz ben-yehu {יְהוֹאָחָ֨ז בֶּן־יֵה֤וּא | yəhôʾāḥāz ben-yēhû} as the subject introduced after the verb, a common narrative pattern that highlights the accession event.
Root and etymology
consonantsMem–Lamed–Kaf
“to rule, reign”
In context — 2 Kings 13:1
In the twenty-third year of Joash son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria for seventeen years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 13:1, so the Hebrew word מָ֠לַךְ (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 Kgs.13.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.1.W9.S1) and character.