2 Kings 22:1:82 Kgs.22.1.W8TAB

מָלַ֖ךְ

malakh

he reigned

Transliteration
ma-LAKH
Extended
maa-LAKH
IPA
/maːˈlax/

Meaning by language

English
he reigned

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מָ + לַ֖ךְ
ma + lakh
malakh

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    ma-LAKH

  2. clause

    ben-she-mo-NE sha-NA yo-shi-YA-hu ve-mal-KHO u-she-lo-SHIM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM

  3. sentence

    ben-she-mo-NE sha-NA yo-shi-YA-hu ve-mal-KHO u-she-lo-SHIM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM ve-SHEM i-MO ye-di-DA bat-a-da-YA mi-bats-KAT

Exegesis

The additive usheloshim veachat {וּשְׁלֹשִׁים וְאַחַת֙ | ūšəlōšîm wəʾăḥaṯ} ‘thirty-one’ yields the regnal total, followed by malakh {מָלַךְ | mālaḵ} ‘he reigned.’

Root and etymology

m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf

to reign, rule

In context2 Kings 22:1

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he ruled thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah , the daughter of Adaiah .

About this coordinate

2 Kings 22:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 22:1, 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.22.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.1.W8.S1) and character.