2 Kings 23:1:22 Kgs.23.1.W2TAB
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
hamelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh va-ya-as-FU e-LAV kal-zik-NE ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח | va-yîš-láḥ} ‘and he sent’, marking sequential past action, followed by the subject hamelekh {הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | ha-mé-leḵ} ‘the king’ in a VSO pattern.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“king, ruler”
In context — 2 Kings 23:1
The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 23:1, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (hamelekh) 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.23.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.1.W2.S1) and character.