2 Kings 15:1:62 Kgs.15.1.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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Word in context
- word
ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- clause
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-ya-rav-AM ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-ya-rav-AM ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ma-LAKH a-zar-YA ben-a-mats-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The prepositional link leyarovam {לְיָרָבְעָם | lə-yārāḇʿām} attaches the date to the reign of Jeroboam, further identified by the apposition melek yisrael {מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל | méleḵ yiśrāʾēl}.
The main clause begins with malakh {מָלַךְ | mālaḵ} ‘he reigned,’ after which the subject is supplied as azaryah {עֲזַרְיָה | ʿăzaryāh}, expanded by lineage (ben-amatsyah {בֶן־אֲמַצְיָה | ben-ʾămaṣyāh}) and title (melek yehudah {מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה | méleḵ yəhûḏāh}). English typically places the named subject earlier, so the formal and dynamic renderings reposition “Azariah” before the verbal idea (“began to reign / became king”) while preserving the Hebrew’s synchronizing date and full royal identification.
Root and etymology
consonantsMem–Lamed–Kaf
“reign”
In context — 2 Kings 15:1
In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 15:1, 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.15.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.1.W6.S1) and character.