2 Kings 15:27:62 Kgs.15.27.W6TAB
מֶ֣לֶךְ
melekh
“king of”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- clause
bish-NAT kha-mish-SIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA la-a-zar-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT kha-mish-SIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA la-a-zar-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA MA-lakh PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu al-yis-ra-EL be-sho-me-RON e-se-RIM sha-NA
Exegesis
The verb malakh {מָלַךְ | mā-laḵ} ‘he reigned/became king’ in Qal perfect conveys both accession and sustained rule.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to rule, reign”
In context — 2 Kings 15:27
In the fifty-second year of Azariah, king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twenty years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:27:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 15:27, so the Hebrew word מֶ֣לֶךְ (melekh) 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.15.27.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.27.W6.S1) and character.