2 Kings 18:30:142 Kgs.18.30.W14TAB
מֶ֥לֶךְ
melekh
“the king of”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx/
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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Word in context
- word
ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh a-SHUR
- clause
ve-LO ti-na-TEN et-ha-IR ha-ZOT be-YAD ME-lekh a-SHUR
- sentence
ve-AL-yav-TACH et-KHEM khiz-ki-YA-hu el-Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-TSEL ya-tsi-LE-nu Ye-ho-VAH ve-LO ti-na-TEN et-ha-IR ha-ZOT be-YAD ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The adversary’s control is specified in the prepositional phrase bə-yād melekh ʾAššur {בְּיַד מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר | bə-yād me-lekh ʾaš-šur}. The structure contrasts persuasive rhetoric with blunt warning, highlighting Hebrew emphasis through the infinitive absolute and concessive conjunctions.
Root and etymology
Rootm-l-k
“to reign”
In context — 2 Kings 18:30
And do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD when he says, “Surely the LORD will deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:30:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 18:30, so the Hebrew word מֶ֥לֶךְ (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.18.30.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.30.W14.S1) and character.