2 Kings 16:7:162 Kgs.16.7.W16TAB
מֶ֣לֶךְ
melekh
“the king of”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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 yis-ra-EL
- clause
a-LE ve-ho-shi-E-ni mi-KAF ME-lekh-a-RAM u-mi-KAF ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ha-ko-MIM a-LAI
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH a-KHAZ mal-a-KHIM el-tig-LAT pe-LE-ser ME-lekh-a-SHUR le-MOR av-de-KHA u-vin-KHA a-NI a-LE ve-ho-shi-E-ni mi-KAF ME-lekh-a-RAM u-mi-KAF ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ha-ko-MIM a-LAI
Root and etymology
מ־ל־כ
“reign”
In context — 2 Kings 16:7
Ahaz dispatched envoys to Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, pleading, “I am your servant and your son. Rise up and save me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are rebelling against me.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:7:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 16:7, so the Hebrew word מֶ֣לֶךְ (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.16.7.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.7.W16.S1) and character.