Daniel 2:49:16Dan.2.49.W16TAB
מַלְכָּֽא׃
malka
“of the king”
- Transliteration
- mal-KA
- Extended
- mahl-KAA
- IPA
- /malˈkaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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
bit-RA mal-KA
- clause
veh-da-nee-EL bit-RA mal-KA
- sentence
veh-da-nee-EL beh-AA min-mal-KA oo-man-NI AL a-vee-TAA DI meh-dee-NAT ba-VEL leh-shad-RAKH ME-shakh a-VED neh-GO veh-da-nee-EL bit-RA mal-KA
Exegesis
Finally, the clause v’daniyel bitra malka {וְדָנִיֵּאל בִּתְרַע מַלְכָּא | wə-dā-ni-yēl biṯ-raʿ mal-kāʾ} ‘and Daniel at the gate of the king’ employs the locative as a metonym for the royal court, preserving the Aramaic structure and administrative nuance.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to rule”
In context — Daniel 2:49
And Daniel requested from the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego over the affairs of the province of Babylon. However, Daniel sat at the gate of the king.
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:49:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Daniel 2:49, so the Hebrew word מַלְכָּֽא׃ (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.2.49.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.49.W16.S1) and character.