Daniel 6:15:2Dan.6.15.W2TAB
מַלְכָּ֜א
malka
“the king”
- Transliteration
- mal-KA
- Extended
- mahl-KAA
- IPA
- /mal.ˈkaː/
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
e-DA-yin mal-KA
- clause
e-DA-yin mal-KA ke-DI mil-le-TA she-MA sa-GI-a be-ESH a-lo-HI ve-AL da-ni-EL SAM BAL le-she-i-za-vu-TE
- sentence
e-DA-yin mal-KA ke-DI mil-le-TA she-MA sa-GI-a be-ESH a-lo-HI ve-AL da-ni-EL SAM BAL le-she-i-za-vu-TE ve-AD me-a-LE shim-sha ha-VA mish-ta-dar le-ha-tsa-lu-TE
Exegesis
The compound predicate dī-kāl-ʾe-sar wə-qēym mal-kā lā yišnē {דִּי־כָל־אֱסָר וְקֵים מַלְכָּ֖א לָא יִשְׁנֵֽא | dī-kāl-ʾe-sar wə-qēym mal-kā lāʾ yiš-nē} pairs the noun esar ‘injunction’ and participle qēm ‘established’ with the negative lā + imperfect yišnē to assert immutability. The formal rendering’s “by the law” retains the instrumentality of dī, while the dynamic’s “under the law” conveys normative restriction.
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“to rule”
In context — Daniel 6:15
Then these men approached the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that by the law of the Medes and Persians no interdict or statute that the king establishes may not be changed.”
About this coordinate
Daniel 6:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Daniel 6:15, so the Hebrew word מַלְכָּ֜א (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.6.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.6.15.W2.S1) and character.