Daniel 2:10:16Dan.2.10.W16TAB
כָּל־מֶ֙לֶךְ֙
kalmelekh
“any king”
- Transliteration
- KAL-ME-lekh
- Extended
- KAAL-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /kaːl.ˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- any king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
KAL-ME-lekh
- clause
KAL-ko-VEL DEE KAL-ME-lekh RAV ve-shal-LIT mil-LA khid-NA LAA she-EL le-khal-khar-TOM ve-a-SHAF ve-khas-DAY
- sentence
a-NO khas-da-YA khas-da-E ko-DAM-mal-KA ve-am-RIN laa-ee-TAI a-NASH al-yab-BESH-TAA DEE mil-LAT mal-KA yoo-KHAL le-hah-KHA-vah-YAA KAL-ko-VEL DEE KAL-ME-lekh RAV ve-shal-LIT mil-LA khid-NA LAA she-EL le-khal-khar-TOM ve-a-SHAF ve-khas-DAY
Exegesis
The causal phrase kol-kovel di {כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֚י | koll-qōḇēl dî} ‘because that’ gives the reason: no kol-melekh rav ve-shallit {כָּל־מֶלֶךְ רַב וְשַׁלִּיט | koll-meleḵ rab wə-šallîṭ} ‘any great and powerful king’ has ever posed milah khidnah {מִלָּה כִדְנָה | millāh kîdnāh} ‘a thing like this’ to chartom or ashaf {חַרְטֹּם וְאָשַׁ֥ף | ḥarṭōm wə-ʾāšāp̄} ‘magician or enchanter’ or Chaldean {כַשְׂדָּֽי | kašdāy}. The English rendering shifts to SVO order while preserving logical and emphatic relations.
Root and etymology
RootMem–Lamed–Kaf
“to reign, be king”
In context — Daniel 2:10
The Chaldeans answered the king and said, "There is no person on earth who can disclose the king’s matter; for no king, however great and powerful, has ever requested such a thing from any magician or enchanter or Chaldean."
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:10:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Daniel 2:10, so the Hebrew word כָּל־מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ (kalmelekh) 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.2.10.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.10.W16.S1) and character.