2 Kings 14:5:42 Kgs.14.5.W4TAB
הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה
hammamlakha
“the kingdom or the royal reign”
- Transliteration
- ham-mam-la-KHA
- Extended
- hahm-mahm-lah-KHAA
- IPA
- /ham.mamlaˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the kingdom or the royal reign
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ham-mam-la-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
kha-ze-KA ham-mam-la-KHA
- clause
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER kha-ze-KA ham-mam-la-KHA be-ya-DO
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER kha-ze-KA ham-mam-la-KHA be-ya-DO va-YAKH ET-a-va-DAIV ham-ma-KHIM ET-ha-ME-lekh a-VIV
Exegesis
The conjunction kaʾasher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-ʾă-šer} ‘when’ introduces a temporal clause, which is realized by chazkah {חָזְקָה | ḥā-zə-qāh} ‘it was strong’ in a nominal statement with hamamlakhah {הַמַּמְלָכָה | ham-mǎl-lā-kāh} ‘the kingdom’ and the prepositional phrase beyado {בְּיָדוֹ | bə-yā-dô} ‘in his hand’ indicating possession.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“rule”
In context — 2 Kings 14:5
And it happened, when the kingdom had become secure in his grasp, that he struck the servants who had struck the king his father.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 14:5, so the Hebrew word הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה (hammamlakha) 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.14.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.5.W4.S1) and character.