2 Kings 16:18:72 Kgs.16.18.W7TAB
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙
hamelekh
“of the king”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-me-VO ha-ME-lekh
- clause
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
- 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 16:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 16:18, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (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.16.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.18.W7.S1) and character.