Daniel 11:25:4Dan.11.25.W4TAB
עַל־מֶ֣לֶךְ
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 ha-NE-gev
- clause
ve-ya-ER ko-KHO u-le-va-VO al-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev be-kha-YEEL ga-DOL u-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev yit-ga-RE lam-mil-kha-MA be-kha-YEEL-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM ad-me-OD
- sentence
ve-ya-ER ko-KHO u-le-va-VO al-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev be-kha-YEEL ga-DOL u-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev yit-ga-RE lam-mil-kha-MA be-kha-YEEL-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM ad-me-OD ve-LO ya-a-MOD ki-yakh-she-VU a-LA-v ma-kha-sha-VOT
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʿal-melekh han-negoḇ {עַל־מֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּגֶב֮ | ʿal-me-leḵ han-nė-gev} ‘against the king of the south’ defines the target, with the article marking specificity.
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“king, ruler”
In context — Daniel 11:25
And he will stir up his strength and his heart against the king of the south with a great army, and the king of the south will join battle with a very great and very strong force, but he will not stand, because plans will be devised against him.
About this coordinate
Daniel 11:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Daniel 11:25, so the Hebrew word עַל־מֶ֣לֶךְ (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 Dan.11.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.11.25.W4.S1) and character.