2 Kings 14:23:62 Kgs.14.23.W6TAB
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
bish-NAT kha-MESH-eS-re sha-NA la-a-mats-ya-HU ben-yo-ASH ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT kha-MESH-eS-re sha-NA la-a-mats-ya-HU ben-yo-ASH ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH ya-rav-AM ben-yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-SHO-me-RON ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA
Exegesis
The appositive ben-yoash {בֶן־יוֹאָ֖שׁ | ben-yō’āš} “son of Joash” and melek Yehudah {מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָה֑ | melek yəhûdāh} “king of Judah” clarify the subject’s identity prior to the main verb.
The verb mālaḵ {מָ֠לַךְ | mālaḵ} “he reigned” introduces the clause, with its subject comprised of yārāḇ‘ām {יָרָבְעָ֨ם | yārāḇ‘ām} “Jeroboam,” ben-yoash {בֶּן־יוֹאָ֤שׁ | ben-yō’āš} “son of Joash,” and melek-yisrā’ēl {מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | melek-yisrā’ēl} “king of Israel.”
Root and etymology
מ־ל־ךְ
“to reign”
In context — 2 Kings 14:23
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria; he reigned forty-one years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 14:23, 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.14.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.23.W6.S1) and character.