Daniel 4:24:10Dan.4.24.W10TABWLC Daniel 4:21
מַלְכָֽא׃
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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Word in context
- word
mal-KA
- phraseyour reading level
al-MA-ri mal-KA
- clause
u-ge-ZE-rat i-li-A HI DI me-TAT al-MA-ri mal-KA
- sentence
de-NA pish-RA mal-KA u-ge-ZE-rat i-li-A HI DI me-TAT al-MA-ri mal-KA
Exegesis
The noun malka {מַלְכָּא | mal-kāʾ} ‘king’, though formally in the emphatic state, is used vocatively, so the phrase is addressed directly to Nebuchadnezzar as “O king,” with the message (the interpretation) foregrounded before the addressee.
The prepositional phrase ʿal mari malka {עַל־מָרִי מַלְכָּא | ʿal mā-rî mal-kāʾ} ‘upon my lord the king’ specifies the target of this decree.
The respectful address mari {מָרִי | mā-rî} ‘my lord’ combined with the appositional malka {מַלְכָּא | mal-kāʾ} ‘the king’ maintains courtly politeness while making clear that Daniel’s “lord” is the reigning king.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־ךMem–Lamed–Kaf
“to rule, reign”
In context — Daniel 4:24
This is the interpretation , O king, and it is the decree of the Most High God , which has come upon my lord the king.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:24:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Daniel 4:24, so the Hebrew word מַלְכָֽא׃ (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.4.24.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.24.W10.S1) and character.