2 Kings 13:3:72 Kgs.13.3.W7TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֗ם
melekharam
“king of Aram”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-a-RAM
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-ah-RAAM
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx.ʔaˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Aram
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-a-RAM
- phraseyour reading level
be-YAD kha-za-EL ME-lekh-a-RAM
- clause
va-yit-te-NEM be-YAD kha-za-EL ME-lekh-a-RAM u-ve-YAD BEN-ha-DAD BEN-kha-za-EL kol-ha-ya-MIM
- sentence
va-yi-KHAR-af ye-ho-VAH be-yis-ra-EL va-yit-te-NEM be-YAD kha-za-EL ME-lekh-a-RAM u-ve-YAD BEN-ha-DAD BEN-kha-za-EL kol-ha-ya-MIM
Root and etymology
consonantsMem–Lamed–Kaf
“to rule, reign”
In context — 2 Kings 13:3
And the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hand of Hazael, king of Aram, and into the hand of Ben-Hadad, son of Hazael, all the days .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 13:3, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֗ם (melekharam) 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.13.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.3.W7.S1) and character.