2 Kings 15:8:62 Kgs.15.8.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 she-lo-SHIM u-she-mo-NE sha-NA la-a-zar-ya-HU ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM u-she-mo-NE sha-NA la-a-zar-ya-HU ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH ze-khar-ya-HU ven-ya-ra-ve-AM al-yis-ra-EL be-sho-me-RON shish-SHA kho-da-SHIM
Exegesis
The construct chain laʿăzaryāhû mēleḵ yəhûḏāh {לַעֲזַרְיָהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה | laʿăzaryāhû mēleḵ yəhûḏāh} identifies Azariah as king of Judah.
The verb mālaḵ {מָלַךְ | mālaḵ} serves as a perfect narrative marker signaling accession, with ben-yārāḇə‘ām {בֶן־יָרָבְעָם | ben-yārāḇə‘ām} providing Zechariah’s filiation.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign”
In context — 2 Kings 15:8
In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned six months.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 15:8, 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.15.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.8.W6.S1) and character.