Daniel 2:25:7Dan.2.25.W7TAB
מַלְכָּ֑א
malka
“the king”
- Transliteration
- mal-KA
- Extended
- mahl-KAA
- IPA
- /malˈkaː/
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
ko-DAM mal-KA
- clause
e-DA-yin ar-YOKH be-hit-be-ha-LA han-EL le-da-ni-EL ko-DAM mal-KA
- sentence
e-DA-yin ar-YOKH be-hit-be-ha-LA han-EL le-da-ni-EL ko-DAM mal-KA ve-KHEN a-MAR-LEH di-hash-kha-KHAT ge-VAR min-be-NEI ga-lu-TA DI ye-HUD DI fish-RA le-mal-KA ye-ho-DA
Exegesis
The causative Haphel perfect hanʼel {הַנְעֵ֥ל | hān-ʿēl} ‘he brought in’ takes the prepositional object ledaniyel {לְדָנִיֵּ֖אל | lə-dā-ni-yēl} ‘to Daniel’, while the locative kodam malka {קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑א | qō-dām mal-kāʾ} ‘before the king’ situates the scene at the royal court.
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“to rule, be king”
In context — Daniel 2:25
Then Arioch brought Daniel in haste before the king and said to him, "I have found a man from among the sons of the captivity of Judah who will make known the interpretation to the king."
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Daniel 2:25, 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.2.25.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.25.W7.S1) and character.