מַלְכ֥וּת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מַלְכ֥וּת

   mal-KHUT

   kingdom of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מַלְכ֥וּת יָוָֽן׃

   mal-KHUT ya-VAN

   kingdom of Greece
3. clause🔊 הִנֵּה־עוֹד֩ שְׁלֹשָׁ֨ה מְלָכִ֜ים עֹמְדִ֣ים לְפָרַ֗ וְהָֽרְבִיעִי֙ יַעֲשִׁ֤יר עֹֽשֶׁר־גָּדוֹל֙ מִכֹּ֔ל וּכְחֶזְקָת֣וֹ בְעָשְׁר֔וֹ יָעִ֣יר הַכֹּ֔ל אֵ֖ת מַלְכ֥וּת יָוָֽן׃

   hin-NEH-OD she-lo-SHA meh-lah-KHEEM O-me-DIM leh-fa-RAS veh-ha-re-VEE-ee ya-a-SHEER O-sher-ga-DOL mi-KOL oo-kheh-zka-TOH veh-ah-SHRO ya-EER ha-KOL ET mal-KHUT ya-VAN

   behold, still three kings standing for Persia and the fourth will become rich great wealth than all and as his strength with his riches will stir up all kingdom of Greece
4. sentence🔊 וְעַתָּ֕ה אֱמֶ֖ת אַגִּ֣יד לָ֑ךְ הִנֵּה־עוֹד֩ שְׁלֹשָׁ֨ה מְלָכִ֜ים עֹמְדִ֣ים לְפָרַ֗ וְהָֽרְבִיעִי֙ יַעֲשִׁ֤יר עֹֽשֶׁר־גָּדוֹל֙ מִכֹּ֔ל וּכְחֶזְקָת֣וֹ בְעָשְׁר֔וֹ יָעִ֣יר הַכֹּ֔ל אֵ֖ת מַלְכ֥וּת יָוָֽן׃

   veh-a-TAA EH-met a-GEED LAKH hin-NEH-OD she-lo-SHA meh-lah-KHEEM O-me-DIM leh-fa-RAS veh-ha-re-VEE-ee ya-a-SHEER O-sher-ga-DOL mi-KOL oo-kheh-zka-TOH veh-ah-SHRO ya-EER ha-KOL ET mal-KHUT ya-VAN

   and now declare to you truth behold, still three kings standing for Persia and the fourth will become rich great wealth than all and as his strength with his riches will stir up all kingdom of Greece

Exegesis

The causal phrase ukheḥezkato beʿashro {וּכְחֶזְקָת֣וֹ בְעָשְׁרוֹ | û-kə-ḥez-ka-tō bə-ʿā-šro} ‘according to his strength in his wealth’ explains the basis of his influence, and the Hiphil imperfect yaʿir {יָעִיר | yā-ʿîr} ‘stir up’ takes hakol {הַכֹּל | ha-kkol} ‘everyone’ as object toward malkhut yavan {מַלְכוּת יָוָן | mal-ḵûṯ yā-wān} ‘kingdom of Greece.’ The translation preserves Hebrew word order and prophetic register while clarifying causal and temporal relations.

Root and etymology

m-l-k🔊 מ־ל־ךmem-lamed-kaph

“king, reign”

• 🔊 מֶלֶךְme-lekkingDaniel 2:37