2 Kings 15:32:72 Kgs.15.32.W7TAB
מָלַ֛ךְ
malakh
“reigned or became king”
- Transliteration
- ma-LAKH
- Extended
- mah-LAAKH
- IPA
- /maːˈlax/
Meaning by language
- English
- reigned or became king
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 yo-TAM ben-u-zi-YA-hu ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT she-TA-yim le-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ma-LAKH yo-TAM ben-u-zi-YA-hu ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
This is followed by a construct chain lePekah {לְפֶקַח | lə-Pə-qaḥ} ‘to Pekah’ + ben-Remalyahu {בֶּן־רְמַלְיָהוּ | ben-rəmal-yā-hu} ‘son of Remaliah’ + melech {מֶלֶךְ | meleḵ} ‘king’ + Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-ʾēl}, serving as the reference point for the Judean king’s accession.
The perfect verb malakh {מָלַךְ | mā-laḵ} ‘he reigned’ marks the act of taking the throne as a completed event.
Parallel construct chains ben-Uziyahu {בֶּן־עֻזִיָּהוּ | ben-ʿu-zi-yā-hu} ‘son of Uzziah’ + melech {מֶלֶךְ | meleḵ} ‘king’ + Yehudah {יְהוּדָה | yəhū-dāh} identify the new monarch. The English translation preserves the chronological linkage by placing the synchronistic clause in apposition and retaining the Hebrew order of the kings’ names and titles.
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“to reign, rule”
In context — 2 Kings 15:32
In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 15:32, so the Hebrew word מָלַ֛ךְ (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.15.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.32.W7.S1) and character.