2 Kings 18:13:42 Kgs.18.13.W4TAB
לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
lamelekh
“to the king or for the king”
- Transliteration
- la-ME-lekh
- Extended
- lah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /lamˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the king or for the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
la-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA
- sentence
u-ve-AR-ba e-se-RE sha-NA la-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA a-LA san-khe-RIV ME-lekh-a-shur AL KAL-a-RE ye-hu-DA ha-be-tsu-ROT va-yit-pe-SEM
Exegesis
The phrase la-melekh chizqiyah {לַמֶּלֶךְ חִזְקִיָּה | la-me-lekh ḥiz-qī-yyāh} functions as a genitive of time, linking the event to Hezekiah’s reign.
Root and etymology
Rootm-l-k
“to reign”
In context — 2 Kings 18:13
And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria went up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 18:13, so the Hebrew word לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (lamelekh) 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.18.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.13.W4.S1) and character.