2 Kings 16:8:102 Kgs.16.8.W10TAB
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
hamelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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Word in context
- word
ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
BET ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-KHAZ et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ha-nim-TSA BET Ye-ho-VAH u-ve-ots-re-OT BET ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-KHAZ et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ha-nim-TSA BET Ye-ho-VAH u-ve-ots-re-OT BET ha-ME-lekh va-yish-LAKH le-ME-lekh-a-SHUR SHO-khad
Exegesis
The locative phrase beit YHWH {בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה | bēṯ Yəhōwāh} ‘house of the LORD’ and the phrase u-ve-otzrot beit ha-melekh {וּבְאֹֽצְר֖וֹת בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | ū-ḇə-’ōṣerōt bēṯ ha-mme-lek̄} ‘in the royal treasuries’ identify the sources of the metals.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־כ
“reign”
In context — 2 Kings 16:8
Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the royal storerooms, and sent it as a present to the king of Assyria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 16:8, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (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.16.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.8.W10.S1) and character.