2 Kings 15:13:32 Kgs.15.13.W3TAB
מָלַ֔ךְ
malakh
“reigned”
- Transliteration
- ma-LAKH
- Extended
- maa-LAHKH
- IPA
- /maːˈlax/
Meaning by language
- English
- reigned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ma-LAKH
- clause
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
- 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 main verb malakh {מָלַ֔ךְ | mālaḵ} ‘he became king’ reports accession with perfect aspect, presenting the enthronement as a completed event.
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 15:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 15:13, so the Hebrew word מָלַ֔ךְ (malakh) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.13.W3.S1) and character.