Daniel 2:41:11Dan.2.41.W11TAB
מַלְכ֤וּ
malkhu
“kingdom”
- Transliteration
- mal-KHU
- Extended
- mahl-KHOO
- IPA
- /malˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- kingdom
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mal-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
mal-KHU pe-li-GA
- 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
- 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 context — Daniel 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.