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
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-ASH ben-ye-ho-a-KHAZ al-yis-ra-EL be-SHO-mer-ON SHESH e-sre sha-NA
- 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 context — 2 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.