2 Kings 15:7:92 Kgs.15.7.W9TAB
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
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-yim-LOKH yo-TAM be-NO takh-TAV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV a-zar-ya im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-be-RU o-TO im-a-vo-TAV be-IR da-VID va-yim-LOKH yo-TAM be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The verse uses a sequence of vav consecutive imperfect verbs to link death, burial, and accession: vayishkav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | wayyiškav} ‘and he lay down,’ indicating death; followed by vayikberu {וַיִּקְבְּרוּ | wayyiqberû} ‘and they buried,’ and vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wayyimlōḵ} ‘and he became king.’
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“to reign, become king”
In context — 2 Kings 15:7
And Azariah lay down with his fathers , and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David . Then Jotham his son became king in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 15:7, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (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.15.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.7.W9.S1) and character.