2 Kings 13:10:82 Kgs.13.10.W8TAB

מָ֠לַךְ

malakh

reigned

Transliteration
MA-lakh
Extended
MAA-lahkh
IPA
/ˈmaːlax/

Meaning by language

English
reigned

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מָ֠ + לַךְ
ma + lakh
malakh

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    MA-lakh

  2. clause

    MA-lakh ye-ho-ASH ben-ye-ho-a-KHAZ al-yis-ra-EL be-SHO-mer-ON SHESH e-sre sha-NA

  3. sentence

    bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-yo-ASH ME-lekh ye-hu-DA MA-lakh ye-ho-ASH ben-ye-ho-a-KHAZ al-yis-ra-EL be-SHO-mer-ON SHESH e-sre sha-NA

Exegesis

The genitive le-yoash melekh yehudah {לְיוֹאָשׁ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה | lĕ-Yō’āš mēleḵ Yəhūdāh} links Joash with Judah, specifying the synchronism.

Malakh {מָלַךְ | mālaḵ} marks the accession clause, and be-shomron {בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן | bə-Šomrōn} establishes location.

Root and etymology

מ־ל־ך

king

In context2 Kings 13:10

In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash son of Jehoahaz ascended the throne of Israel in Samaria and reigned sixteen years .

About this coordinate

2 Kings 13:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 13:10, 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.13.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.10.W8.S1) and character.