2 Kings 13:7:162 Kgs.13.7.W16TAB
מֶ֣לֶךְ
melekh
“king of”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh a-RAM
- clause
KI ib-be-DAM ME-lekh a-RAM va-ye-si-MEM ke-a-FAR la-DUSH
- sentence
KI LO hish-e-IR li-ye-ho-a-KHAZ AM KI im-kha-mi-SHIM pa-ra-SHIM va-a-sa-RA RE-khev va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM rag-LI KI ib-be-DAM ME-lekh a-RAM va-ye-si-MEM ke-a-FAR la-DUSH
Exegesis
The causal clause again begins with ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ and the Piel perfect ʾibbēḏām {אִבְּדָם | ʾib-bē-ḏām} ‘he destroyed them’, with mêleḵ ʾArām {מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם | me-leḵ ʾa-rām} ‘king of Aram’ as subject.
Root and etymology
consonantsMem–Lamed–Kaf
“to rule, reign”
In context — 2 Kings 13:7
For the king of Aram did not leave any people for Jehoahaz except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Aram destroyed them and made them like the dust to be trampled.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:7:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 13:7, so the Hebrew word מֶ֣לֶךְ (melekh) 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.13.7.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.7.W16.S1) and character.