Daniel 6:22:5Dan.6.22.W5TAB
מַלְכָּ֖א
malka
“O king”
- Transliteration
- MAL-ka
- Extended
- MAHL-kah
- IPA
- /ˈmalkaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- O 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
- clause
MAL-ka le-al-MEEN khe-YEE
- sentence
eh-DA-yin dah-nee-EL im-MAL-ka ma-LIL MAL-ka le-al-MEEN khe-YEE
Exegesis
Finally, the coordinated u-gam l’malkha lo-asiti ra-lakh {וּגַ֣ם לְמַלְכָּ֑א לֹא־עָ֥שִׂיתִ֖י רַע־לָֽךְ | ū-gam lə-malkāʼ lō-ʿāśîtî raʿ-lāḵ} ‘and also before the king I have done no wrong to you’ links royal address to personal integrity. The perfective verbs and passive clause underscore completed divine deliverance and the speaker’s blamelessness.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaph
“to reign”
In context — Daniel 6:22
My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, and they did not harm me, because before Him innocence was found in me, and also before you, O king, I have done no wrong.
About this coordinate
Daniel 6:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 6:22, so the Hebrew word מַלְכָּ֖א (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.6.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.6.22.W5.S1) and character.