2 Kings 16:2:72 Kgs.16.2.W7TAB
מָלַ֖ךְ
malakh
“he reigned”
- Transliteration
- ma-LAKH
- Extended
- maa-LAHKH
- IPA
- /maːˈlax/
Meaning by language
- English
- he reigned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ma-LAKH
- clause
ben-E-srim sha-NA a-KHAZ be-mal-KHO ve-shesh-E-sri sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ben-E-srim sha-NA a-KHAZ be-mal-KHO ve-shesh-E-sri sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-lo-a-SA ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV ke-da-VID a-VIV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bə-malkô {בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ | bə-malkô} ‘in his reign’ frames the perfect verb mā-laḵ {מָלַ֖ךְ | mā-laḵ} ‘he reigned’, which is followed by its locative bî-yə-rū-šā-lā-yim {בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם | bî-yə-rū-šā-lā-yim} ‘in Jerusalem’.
Root and etymology
m-l-km–l–k
“to reign, be king”
In context — 2 Kings 16:2
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he ruled sixteen years in Jerusalem; yet he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God , as David his father had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 16:2, so the Hebrew word מָלַ֖ךְ (malakh) 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.16.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.2.W7.S1) and character.