2 Kings 21:24:52 Kgs.21.24.W5TAB
עַל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
alhamelekh
“against the king”
- Transliteration
- AL-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- AHL-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʕal.hamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
AL-ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
AL-ha-ME-lekh a-MON
- clause
va-YAKH AM-ha-A-rets ET KAL-ha-ko-SHIM AL-ha-ME-lekh a-MON
- sentence
va-YAKH AM-ha-A-rets ET KAL-ha-ko-SHIM AL-ha-ME-lekh a-MON va-yam-LI-khu AM-ha-A-rets et-yo-shi-YA-hu ve-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֵ֥ת | ʾēṯ} and kol-ha-qō-šerīm {כָּל־הַקֹּשְׁרִ֖ים | kol-hā-qō-šerīm} ‘all the conspirators’ signal total inclusion of plotters, and the phrase al-ha-melekh ʾĀmōn {עַל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָמ֑וֹן | ʿal-hā-meleḵ ʾĀ-mōn} specifies the target.
Root and etymology
מ-ל-ך
“king”
In context — 2 Kings 21:24
But the people of the land struck down all the conspirators against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 21:24, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (alhamelekh) 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.21.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.24.W5.S1) and character.