2 Kings 15:22:42 Kgs.15.22.W4TAB
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
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
- clause
va-yim-LOKH pe-kha-KHI-ya ve-NO ta-KHTAV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV me-na-KHEM IM-a-vo-TAV va-yim-LOKH pe-kha-KHI-ya ve-NO ta-KHTAV
Exegesis
The narrative then employs another vav-consecutive Qal imperfect verb vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wayyimlōḵ} ‘and he reigned,’ introducing the accession of Pekahyah.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign”
In context — 2 Kings 15:22
And Menachem lay down with his fathers , and Pekahyah his son became king in his place .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 15:22, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (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.15.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.22.W4.S1) and character.