2 Kings 15:5:122 Kgs.15.5.W12TAB
בֶּן־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙
benhamelekh
“son of the king”
- Transliteration
- ben-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- behn-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /bɛn.haˈm.mɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ben-ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-yo-TAM ben-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
ve-yo-TAM ben-ha-ME-lekh al-ha-BA-yit sho-FET et-AM ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ye-NAG-ga ye-ho-VAH et-ha-ME-lekh va-ye-HI me-tso-RA ad-YOM mo-TO va-ye-SHEV be-VEIT ha-khaf-SHIT ve-yo-TAM ben-ha-ME-lekh al-ha-BA-yit sho-FET et-AM ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The subject shifts in vəyōtām-ben-hammeleḵ {וְיוֹתָ֤ם־בֶּן־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | vəyōtām-ben-hammeleḵ}, identifying Jotham as the king’s son, whose authority is marked by ʿal-habbayit {עַל־הַבַּ֔יִת | ʿal-habbayit} ‘over the house’.
Root and etymology
consonantsMem–Lamed–Kaf
“reign”
In context — 2 Kings 15:5
And the LORD struck the king and he became a leper until the day of his death, and he lived in the house of separation. And Jotham, the king’s son, was over the house judging the people of the land.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 15:5, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (benhamelekh) 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.15.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.5.W12.S1) and character.