Daniel 2:41:11Dan.2.41.W11TAB

מַלְכ֤וּ

malkhu

kingdom

Transliteration
mal-KHU
Extended
mahl-KHOO
IPA
/malˈxuː/

Meaning by language

English
kingdom

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Result
מַלְ + כ֤וּ
mal + khu
malkhu

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    mal-KHU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mal-KHU pe-li-GA

  3. clause

    ve-DI-kha-ZAI-te-ha rag-LAI-ya ve-ets-be-A-ta mi-ne-HON min-NE-hen kha-SAF di-fe-KHAR u-mi-ne-HON u-min-NE-hin par-ZEL mal-KHU pe-li-GA te-he-VE u-min-nits-be-TA DI far-ze-LA le-he-VE-va

  4. sentence

    ve-DI-kha-ZAI-te-ha rag-LAI-ya ve-ets-be-A-ta mi-ne-HON min-NE-hen kha-SAF di-fe-KHAR u-mi-ne-HON u-min-NE-hin par-ZEL mal-KHU pe-li-GA te-he-VE u-min-nits-be-TA DI far-ze-LA le-he-VE-va KOL-ko-VEL DI kha-ZAI-te-ha par-ze-LA me-a-RAV ba-kha-SAF ti-NA

Exegesis

The nominal clause malkhu feliga teheveh {מַלְכ֤וּ פְלִיגָה֙ תֶּהֱוֵ֔ה | mal-khû pə-lî-gā te-hé-weh} ‘kingdom divided it shall be’ employs subject-predicate inversion to emphasize division.

Root and etymology

m-l-kmem–lamed–kaph

to rule, reign

In contextDaniel 2:41

And as you saw the feet and the toes, part of them was of potter’s clay and part was of iron; the kingdom shall be divided, yet there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay.

About this coordinate

Daniel 2:41:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Daniel 2:41, so the Hebrew word מַלְכ֤וּ (malkhu) 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.2.41.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.41.W11.S1) and character.