2 Kings 21:1:52 Kgs.21.1.W5TAB
בְמָלְכ֔וֹ
vemalkho
“when he began to reign”
- Transliteration
- ve-mal-KHO
- Extended
- veh-maal-KHOH
- IPA
- /vəmaːlˈxoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- when he began to reign
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
ve-mal-KHO
- phraseyour reading level
me-na-SHE ve-mal-KHO
- clause
ben-she-TEM e-se-RE sha-NA me-na-SHE ve-mal-KHO va-kha-mi-SHIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ben-she-TEM e-se-RE sha-NA me-na-SHE ve-mal-KHO va-kha-mi-SHIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM ve-SHEM i-MO khef-tsi-VA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase be-malko {בְּמַלְכ֑וֹ | bəmalḵō} ‘in his reign’ functions as a temporal accession clause.
In context — 2 Kings 21:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hephzibah .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 21:1, so the Hebrew word בְמָלְכ֔וֹ (vemalkho) 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.21.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.1.W5.S1) and character.