2 Kings 23:29:62 Kgs.23.29.W6TAB
עַל־מֶ֥לֶךְ
almelekh
“against the king of”
- Transliteration
- al-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ahl-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʕal.ˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the king of
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 | |
| 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-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
al-ME-lekh a-SHUR
- clause
be-ya-MAV a-LA par-E ne-KHO ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM al-ME-lekh a-SHUR al-ne-HAR-pe-RAT
- sentence
be-ya-MAV a-LA par-E ne-KHO ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM al-ME-lekh a-SHUR al-ne-HAR-pe-RAT va-ye-LEKH ha-ME-lekh yo-shi-YA-hu lik-ra-TO va-ye-mi-TE-hu bim-gid-DO kir-o-TO o-TO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-melekh-ashshur {עַל־מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר | ʿal-me-lekh-ʾaš-šūr} ‘against the king of Assyria’ marks the opponent, followed by al-nehar-perat {עַל־נְהַר־פְּרָת | ʿal-nə-ḥar-per-āṯ} ‘to the Euphrates River’, where the maqqef links the elements.
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“to rule”
In context — 2 Kings 23:29
In his days Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, went up against the king of Assyria to the Euphrates River , and King Josiah went out to meet him , and Pharaoh Neco put him to death at Megiddo as soon as he saw him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:29:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 23:29, so the Hebrew word עַל־מֶ֥לֶךְ (almelekh) 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.23.29.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.29.W6.S1) and character.