2 Kings 19:37:72 Kgs.19.37.W7TAB
וְֽאַדְרַמֶּ֨לֶךְ
veadrammelekh
“and Adrammelech”
- Transliteration
- ve-ad-ram-ME-lekh
- Extended
- veh-ad-rahm-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /wəʔad.ramˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Adrammelech
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ad-ram-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ad-ram-ME-lekh ve-sar-E-tser va-NAV
- clause
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
- 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 coordinated subjects ve-adrammelekh ve-sharetzer banav {וְֽאַדְרַמֶּ֨לֶךְ וְשַׂרְאֶ֤צֶר בָּנָיו֙ | wəʾădrammêllek wəśarʾêṣer bānāyw} mark the agents.
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 19:37:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 19:37, so the Hebrew word וְֽאַדְרַמֶּ֨לֶךְ (veadrammelekh) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.37.W7.S1) and character.