2 Kings 23:33:72 Kgs.23.33.W7TAB
במלך
vemelekh
“in {his} reigning”
- Transliteration
- ve-me-lekh
- Extended
- veh-meh-lehkh
- IPA
- /vmlk/
Meaning by language
- English
- in {his} reigning
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-me-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-me-lekh mim-me-LOKH
- clause
va-ya-as-RE-hu par-E ne-KHO ve-riv-LA be-E-rets kha-MAT ve-me-lekh mim-me-LOKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
va-ya-as-RE-hu par-E ne-KHO ve-riv-LA be-E-rets kha-MAT ve-me-lekh mim-me-LOKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yit-TEN-O-nesh al-ha-A-rets me-A khi-KAR-KE-sef ve-khi-KAR za-HAV
Exegesis
The unusual infinitive pairing bə-māleḵ mimməlōḵ {במלך מִּמְּלֹ֖ךְ | bə-māleḵ mimməlōḵ} forms a purpose/result idea: Necho restrains him with the outcome that he does not exercise kingship, clarified by the final locator bi-yerûšālayim {בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם | bi-yerûšālayim} ‘in Jerusalem’.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“king, ruler”
In context — 2 Kings 23:33
Pharaoh Necho bound him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed a penalty on the land—one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:33:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 23:33, so the Hebrew word במלך (vemelekh) 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.23.33.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.33.W7.S1) and character.