Daniel 2:15:10Dan.2.15.W10TAB
מַלְכָּ֑א
malka
“the king”
- Transliteration
- MAL-KA
- Extended
- MAHL-KAA
- IPA
- /ˈmal.kaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
MAL-KA
- phraseyour reading level
min-koh-DAM MAL-KA
- clause
ah-NE veh-ah-MAR leh-ar-YOKH shal-LEE-TA dee-MAL-KA al-MA da-TA meh-hakh-tseh-FA min-koh-DAM MAL-KA
- sentence
ah-NE veh-ah-MAR leh-ar-YOKH shal-LEE-TA dee-MAL-KA al-MA da-TA meh-hakh-tseh-FA min-koh-DAM MAL-KA eh-DA-yin mil-TA ho-DA ar-YOKH leh-dah-nee-EL
Exegesis
The interrogative clause alma data mehachtsefa minqodam malka {עַל־מָ֥ה דָתָ֛א מְהַחְצְפָ֖ה מִן־קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑א} uses a fronted question word alma ‘why’ and the term mehachtsefa ‘urgent’ to highlight the sudden intensity of the king’s decree.
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“to rule, be king”
In context — Daniel 2:15
He answered and said to Arioch, the captain of the king, “Why is the decree so urgent from before the king?” Then Arioch made the matter known to Daniel.
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Daniel 2:15, so the Hebrew word מַלְכָּ֑א (malka) 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.2.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.15.W10.S1) and character.