Daniel 2:24:22Dan.2.24.W22TAB
לְמַלְכָּ֥א
lemalka
“to the king”
- Transliteration
- le-mal-KA
- Extended
- leh-mal-KAA
- IPA
- /ləmalˈkaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-mal-KA
- phraseyour reading level
le-mal-KA a-kha-VE
- clause
a-ZAL ve-KHEN a-MAR-le le-kha-ki-MEE ba-VEL al-te-ho-VED ha-EL-ni ko-DAM mal-KA u-fish-RA le-mal-KA a-kha-VE
- sentence
KOL-koh-VEHL de-NA da-ni-EHL AL al-ar-YOKH DI ma-NI mal-KA le-ho-va-DA le-kha-ki-MEE ba-VEL a-ZAL ve-KHEN a-MAR-le le-kha-ki-MEE ba-VEL al-te-ho-VED ha-EL-ni ko-DAM mal-KA u-fish-RA le-mal-KA a-kha-VE
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“to rule, be king”
In context — Daniel 2:24
For this reason Daniel went in to Arioch , whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said to him, “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon. Bring me in before the king, and I will show the interpretation to the king.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:24:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Daniel 2:24, so the Hebrew word לְמַלְכָּ֥א (lemalka) 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.2.24.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.24.W22.S1) and character.