2 Kings 21:24:72 Kgs.21.24.W7TAB
וַיַּמְלִ֧יכוּ
vayamlikhu
“and they made king”
- Transliteration
- va-yam-LI-khu
- Extended
- vah-yahm-LEE-khoo
- IPA
- /vaj.jamˈliːxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they made king
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yam-LI-khu
- phraseyour reading level
va-yam-LI-khu AM-ha-A-rets
- clause
va-yam-LI-khu AM-ha-A-rets et-yo-shi-YA-hu ve-NO takh-TAV
- 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 following wayyamlikhu {וַיַּמְלִ֧יכוּ | way-yaṃ-lî-kû} ‘and they made king’ returns to the same collective agent for enthronement.
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 21:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 21:24, so the Hebrew word וַיַּמְלִ֧יכוּ (vayamlikhu) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.24.W7.S1) and character.