2 Kings 16:18:132 Kgs.16.18.W13TAB
מֶ֥לֶךְ
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 a-SHUR
- clause
mi-pe-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR
- sentence
ve-ET-mi-sakh MU-sakh ha-sha-BAT a-sher-ba-NU ba-BA-yit ve-ET-me-VO ha-ME-lekh ha-khi-tso-NA he-SEV BET Ye-ho-VAH mi-pe-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR
Root and etymology
consonantsMem–Lamed–Kaf
“to rule”
In context — 2 Kings 16:18
And the Sabbath covered way that they had built in the house, and the king’s outer entrance, he diverted from the house of the LORD because of the king of Assyria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:18:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 16:18, so the Hebrew word מֶ֥לֶךְ (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.16.18.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.18.W13.S1) and character.