2 Kings 16:17:22 Kgs.16.17.W2TAB
הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ
hamelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-KA-tsets ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ
- clause
va-ye-KA-tsets ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ et-ha-mis-ge-ROT ha-me-kho-NOT va-ya-SAR me-a-le-HEM ve-et-et-ha-ki-YOR ve-et-ha-YAM ho-RID me-AL ha-ba-KAR ha-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER ta-khe-TE-ha
- sentence
va-ye-KA-tsets ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ et-ha-mis-ge-ROT ha-me-kho-NOT va-ya-SAR me-a-le-HEM ve-et-et-ha-ki-YOR ve-et-ha-YAM ho-RID me-AL ha-ba-KAR ha-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER ta-khe-TE-ha va-yit-TEN o-TO AL mar-TSE-fet a-va-NIM
Root and etymology
מ־ל־כ
“reign”
In context — 2 Kings 16:17
And King Ahaz cut off the frames of the stands, and he removed the basin from upon them, and he brought down the Sea from on top of the bronze oxen which were under it, and he placed it upon a pavement of stones.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 16:17, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ (hamelekh) 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.16.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.17.W2.S1) and character.