2 Kings 18:9:42 Kgs.18.9.W4TAB
לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
lamelekh
“of the king”
- Transliteration
- la-ME-lekh
- Extended
- lah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /lamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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-hu
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-re-vi-IT la-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu HI ha-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-re-vi-IT la-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu HI ha-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL a-LA shal-ma-ne-SER ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-sho-me-RON va-ya-TSAR a-LE-ha
Exegesis
Construct chains such as ben-elah {בֶּן־אֵלָ֖ה | ben-’ēlâ} ‘son of Elah’, melekh yisrael {מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | melek yiśrā’ēl} ‘king of Israel’, and melekh-ashur {מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֛וּר | melek-’āšûr} ‘king of Assyria’ mark political titles.
Root and etymology
Rootm-l-k
“to reign”
In context — 2 Kings 18:9
And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, went up against Samaria and besieged it.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 18:9, 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.18.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.9.W4.S1) and character.