2 Kings 14:17:42 Kgs.14.17.W4TAB
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 ye-hu-DA
- clause
va-ye-KHI a-mats-ya-HU ven-yo-ASH ME-lekh ye-hu-DA a-kha-REI MOT ye-ho-ASH ben-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-KHI a-mats-ya-HU ven-yo-ASH ME-lekh ye-hu-DA a-kha-REI MOT ye-ho-ASH ben-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ME-lekh yis-ra-EL kha-MESH e-se-RE sha-NA
Exegesis
The construct Amatsyahu ben Yoash melech Yehudah {אֲמַצְיָהוּ בֶן־יוֹאָשׁ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָה | ʾămaṣ·yāhû ben yō·’āš mé·leḵ yəhû·ḏāh} establishes Amaziah’s dynastic identity by linking sonship and royal title.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign”
In context — 2 Kings 14:17
And Amaziah , son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 14:17, 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.14.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.17.W4.S1) and character.