וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ

   va-yim-LOKH

   and he reigned
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   va-yim-LOKH ta-khTAV

   and he reigned in his place
3. clause🔊 וַיְמִיתֵ֖הוּ וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   va-ye-mi-TE-hu va-yim-LOKH ta-khTAV

   and put him to death and he reigned in his place
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקְשֹׁ֣ר עָלָיו֩ פֶּ֨קַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֜הוּ שָׁלִישׁ֗וֹ וַיַּכֵּ֨הוּ בְשֹׁמְר֜וֹן בְּאַרְמ֤וֹן בֵּית־מלך הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶת־אַרְגֹּ֣ב וְאֶת־הָאַרְיֵ֔ה וְעִמּ֛וֹ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אִ֖ישׁ מִבְּנֵ֣י גִלְעָדִ֑ים וַיְמִיתֵ֖הוּ וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   va-yik-SHOR a-LAV PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu sha-LI-sho va-yak-KE-hu ve-sho-me-RON be-ar-MON BET-melekh ha-ME-lekh et-ar-GOV ve-et-ha-ar-YE ve-i-MO kha-mi-SHIM ISH mi-be-NE gil-a-DIM va-ye-mi-TE-hu va-yim-LOKH ta-khTAV

   and he conspired against him Pekah son of Remaliahu his officer or adjutant and struck him in Samaria in the citadel or palace house of the king the king Argob {direct object} and Arieh {direct object} and with him fifty man from the sons of Gileadites and put him to death and he reigned in his place

Exegesis

The final vayimloch {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | va-yim-lōḵ} ‘and he reigned’ underscores the swift transfer of power.

Root and etymology

m-l-k🔊 מ־ל־ךְmem–lamed–kaph

“to reign”

• 🔊 מֶלֶךְmé-leḵking1 Samuel 10:1