2 Kings 18:16:152 Kgs.18.16.W15TAB
לְמֶ֥לֶךְ
lemelekh
“to the king of”
- Transliteration
- le-ME-lekh
- Extended
- leh-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ləˈmɛ.lɛχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the king of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
le-ME-lekh a-SHUR
- clause
va-yit-ne-EM le-ME-lekh a-SHUR
- sentence
ba-ET ha-HI ki-TSATS khiz-ki-YA et-dal-TOT he-KHAL ye-ho-VAH ve-et-ha-om-NOT a-SHER tsi-PA khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yit-ne-EM le-ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The sequence culminates with the wayyiqtol va-yitnem {וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם | wayyitnēm} ‘and he gave them,’ driving the narrative forward to the beneficiary phrase le-melekh ashur {לְמֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר | lə-meleḵ ʾAššûr} ‘to the king of Assyria.’ The plural “them” coheres best with the stripped-off materials (implied by the pairing of “cut off” with “overlaid”), presenting the act as a forced transfer of temple wealth in political submission.
Root and etymology
Rootm-l-k
“to reign”
In context — 2 Kings 18:16
At that time Hezekiah cut off from the doors of the temple of the LORD and from the supports which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and he gave them to the king of Assyria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:16:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 18:16, so the Hebrew word לְמֶ֥לֶךְ (lemelekh) 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.18.16.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.16.W15.S1) and character.