2 Kings 15:17:82 Kgs.15.17.W8TAB
מָ֠לַךְ
malakh
“reigned”
- Transliteration
- MA-lakh
- Extended
- MAA-lahkh
- IPA
- /ˈmaːlax/
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
MA-lakh me-na-KHEM ben-GA-di al-yis-ra-EL E-ser sha-NIM be-sho-me-RON
- sentence
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha sha-NA la-a-zar-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA MA-lakh me-na-KHEM ben-GA-di al-yis-ra-EL E-ser sha-NIM be-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The segment laʿăzaryāh melek yəhūḏāh {לַעֲזַרְיָה מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה | laʿăzaryāh melek yəhūḏāh} ‘of Azariah king of Judah’ anchors the chronology.
The verb mālaḵ {מָלַךְ | mālaḵ} ‘he reigned’ introduces a new ruler with mĕnaḥēm ben gādī {מְנַחֵם בֶּן־גָּדִי | mĕnaḥēm ben gādī} ‘Menahem son of Gadi’ providing lineage.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaph
“to reign”
In context — 2 Kings 15:17
In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel and reigned ten years in Samaria .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 15:17, so the Hebrew word מָ֠לַךְ (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.15.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.17.W8.S1) and character.