2 Kings 15:13:112 Kgs.15.13.W11TAB
וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yim-LOKH YE-rakh-ya-MIM
- clause
va-yim-LOKH YE-rakh-ya-MIM be-sho-me-RON
- sentence
sha-LUM ben-ya-VESH ma-LAKH bish-ne-AT she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha sha-NA le-u-zi-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yim-LOKH YE-rakh-ya-MIM be-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The narrative then advances with va-yimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ | wayyimlōḵ} ‘and he reigned,’ where the vav-consecutive imperfect shifts from accession to the resulting reign period.
Root and etymology
consonantsmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign, rule”
In context — 2 Kings 15:13
Shallum the son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah, king of Judah, and he reigned a month in Samaria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 15:13, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ (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.15.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.13.W11.S1) and character.