2 Kings 14:2:92 Kgs.14.2.W9TAB
מָלַ֖ךְ
malakh
“he reigned”
- Transliteration
- ma-LAKH
- Extended
- maa-LAHKH
- IPA
- /maːˈlax/
Meaning by language
- English
- he 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
ben-e-SRIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ha-YA ve-mal-KHO ve-e-SRIM va-TE-sha sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ben-e-SRIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ha-YA ve-mal-KHO ve-e-SRIM va-TE-sha sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-SHEM i-MO ye-ho-a-DIN ye-ho-a-DAN min-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The cardinal sequence esrim va-tesha {עֶשְׂרִים וָתֵשַׁע | ʿeś-rîm wə-tē-šaʿ} ‘twenty-nine’ is followed by malakh {מָלַךְ | mā-laḵ}, marking rulership.
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“to reign”
In context — 2 Kings 14:2
He was twenty-five years old when he ascended the throne, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddin, of Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 14:2, so the Hebrew word מָלַ֖ךְ (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.14.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.2.W9.S1) and character.