2 Kings 14:29:72 Kgs.14.29.W7TAB
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 ze-khar-YA ve-NO takh-TAV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV ya-ra-VE-am im-a-VO-tav IM mal-KHE yis-ra-EL va-yim-LOKH ze-khar-YA ve-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The next vav consecutive verb vayimloch {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wă-yĭm-lōḵ} ‘and he reigned’ signals dynastic succession.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“king, to rule”
In context — 2 Kings 14:29
And Jeroboam lay down with his fathers, among the kings of Israel; and his son Zechariah reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 14:29, 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.14.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.29.W7.S1) and character.