2 Kings 19:37:162 Kgs.19.37.W16TAB
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
vayimlokh
“and he reigned”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-LOKH
- Extended
- vah-yihm-LOHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈloːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he reigned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
va-yim-LOKH
- clause
va-yim-LOKH E-sar-kha-DON be-NO takh-TAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI HU mish-ta-kha-VE BET nis-ROKH e-lo-HA-yv ve-ad-ram-ME-lekh ve-sar-E-tser va-NAV hi-KU-hu va-KHE-rev ve-HE-ma nim-le-TU E-rets a-ra-RAT va-yim-LOKH E-sar-kha-DON be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The account concludes with the regnal formula vayimlokh Esar-Chaddon beno takhtav {וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֵֽסַר־חַדֹּן בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו | wayyimlôk ʾêsar-ḥaddōn bənô taḥtāv} ‘and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place,’ marking the transfer of power.
Root and etymology
consonantsmem–lamed–kaf
“to rule”
In context — 2 Kings 19:37
And it happened, as he was bowing down in the house of Nisrokh his god, that Adrammelek and Sharezer, his sons, struck him with the sword , and they escaped to the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:37:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 19:37, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (vayimlokh) 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.19.37.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.37.W16.S1) and character.