2 Kings 21:19:82 Kgs.21.19.W8TAB
מָלַ֖ךְ
malakh
“he reigned”
- Transliteration
- ma-LAKH
- Extended
- maa-LAHKH
- IPA
- /maːˈlax/
Meaning by language
- English
- he reigned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ma-LAKH
- clause
ben-E-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA a-MON be-mal-KHO u-she-TA-yim sha-NIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
ben-E-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA a-MON be-mal-KHO u-she-TA-yim sha-NIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ve-SHEM i-MO me-shu-le-MET bat-kha-RUTS min-ya-te-VA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bemolcho {בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ | bə-malkô} ‘in his reign’ introduces the temporal frame, followed by the coordinated duration ushṭayim shanim {וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנִים | û-šṭayim šā-nîm} ‘and two years’ which precedes the verb malach {מָלַךְ | mālaḵ} ‘he reigned’.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–kaph
“to reign”
In context — 2 Kings 21:19
Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign , and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Charutz from Jotvah .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 21:19, so the Hebrew word מָלַ֖ךְ (malakh) 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.21.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.19.W8.S1) and character.