2 Kings 14:16:92 Kgs.14.16.W9TAB
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
vayimlokh
“and he reigned”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-LOKH
- Extended
- vah-yihm-LOHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈloːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he reigned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
va-yim-LOKH
- clause
va-yim-LOKH ya-ra-VAM be-NO takh-TAV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV ye-ho-ASH im-a-VO-taiv va-yik-KA-VER be-SHO-mer-ron IM mal-KHEI yis-ra-EL va-yim-LOKH ya-ra-VAM be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The verse uses a sequence of vav-consecutive forms to signal chronological events: vayishkav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | wayyiškāv} ‘and he lay down’, vayikkaver {וַיִּקָּבֵר | wayyiqqāver} ‘and he was buried’, and vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wayyimlōḵ} ‘and he reigned’.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaph
“king”
In context — 2 Kings 14:16
And Jehoash lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria among the kings of Israel. Then Jeroboam his son assumed the kingship in his place .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 14:16, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (vayimlokh) 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.14.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.16.W9.S1) and character.