2 Kings 21:26:52 Kgs.21.26.W5TAB
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
vayimlokh
“and reigned”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-LOKH
- Extended
- vah-yim-LOHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈloːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and reigned
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
va-yim-LOKH
- clause
va-yim-LOKH yo-shi-YA-hu be-NO takh-TAV
- sentence
va-yik-BOR o-TO bik-bu-ra-TO be-gan-u-ZA va-yim-LOKH yo-shi-YA-hu be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The second vav-consecutive verb vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ | wayyimloḵ} “and he reigned” introduces Josiah’s accession, with yoshiyahu {יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ | Yōšiyyāhû} as subject, beno {בְנ֖וֹ | bənô} clarifying patrilineal status, and takhtav {תַּחְתָּֽיו | taḥtāw} “in his place” denoting orderly succession. The parallel vav-consecutive structure links burial and dynastic transfer.
Root and etymology
Rootm-l-k
“to rule, to reign”
In context — 2 Kings 21:26
He was buried in his grave in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigned in his place .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 21:26, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (vayimlokh) 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.21.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.26.W5.S1) and character.