2 Kings 16:5:42 Kgs.16.5.W4TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲ֠רָם
melekharam
“king of Aram or Syria”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-a-RAM
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-ah-RAAM
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx.ʔăˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Aram or Syria
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-a-RAM
- phraseyour reading level
AZ ya-a-LE re-TSIN ME-lekh-a-RAM
- clause
AZ ya-a-LE re-TSIN ME-lekh-a-RAM u-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-ya-HU ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ye-ru-sha-LIM lam-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
AZ ya-a-LE re-TSIN ME-lekh-a-RAM u-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-ya-HU ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ye-ru-sha-LIM lam-mil-kha-MA va-ya-tsu-RU al-a-KHAZ ve-LO ya-khe-LU le-hil-la-KHEM
Exegesis
The subjects are two construct noun phrases, retsin melech-aram {רְצִן מֶלֶךְ־אֲרָם | reṣīn mê-leḵ-’ă-rām} and pekah ben-remalyahu {פֶקַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָהוּ | pē-qaḥ ben-rə-mal-yā-hû}, specifying the rulers.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־כ
“reign”
In context — 2 Kings 16:5
Then Retsin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel went up to Jerusalem to make war , and they besieged Ahaz , but they were not able to fight him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 16:5, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲ֠רָם (melekharam) 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.16.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.5.W4.S1) and character.