2 Kings 15:30:82 Kgs.15.30.W8TAB
וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ
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-yik-SHAR-KE-sher ho-SHE-a ben-E-la al-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu va-ya-KE-hu va-ye-mi-TE-hu va-yim-LOKH ta-KHTAIV
- sentence
va-yik-SHAR-KE-sher ho-SHE-a ben-E-la al-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu va-ya-KE-hu va-ye-mi-TE-hu va-yim-LOKH ta-KHTAIV bi-she-NAT e-se-RIM le-yo-TAM ben-u-zi-YA
Exegesis
The shift to the Qal imperfect vayimlōḵ {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wayyimlōḵ} signals accession, with takhtav {תַּחְתָּיו | taḥtāv} specifying “in his place.”
Root and etymology
Rootm-l-k
“to reign”
In context — 2 Kings 15:30
Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired through an intrigue against Pekah son of Remaliah; he struck and killed him and reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:30:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 15:30, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ (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.15.30.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.30.W8.S1) and character.