Daniel 7:23:5Dan.7.23.W5TAB

מַלְכ֤וּ

malkhu

a kingdom

Transliteration
mal-KHU
Extended
mahl-KHOO
IPA
/malˈxuː/

Meaning by language

English
a kingdom

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מַלְ + כ֤וּ
mal + khu
malkhu

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    mal-KHU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mal-KHU re-vi-ya re-vi-A-a

  3. clause

    KEN a-MAR khe-ye-ve-TA re-vi-AI-ta mal-KHU re-vi-ya re-vi-A-a te-he-VE be-ar-A DI tish-NE min-KOL-mal-khe-va-TA

  4. sentence

    KEN a-MAR khe-ye-ve-TA re-vi-AI-ta mal-KHU re-vi-ya re-vi-A-a te-he-VE be-ar-A DI tish-NE min-KOL-mal-khe-va-TA ve-TE-khul KOL-ar-A u-te-DU-shin-NA ve-tad-kin-NA

Exegesis

The verbless phrase hevayta reviʿayta {חֵיוְתָא רְבִיעָיְתָא | ḥê-we-ṯā(ʾ) rḇî-ʿay-ṯā(ʾ)} ‘the fourth beast’ is apposed by malkhu reviʿaʾah {מַלְכ֤וּ רְבִיעָאָה | mal-ḵû rḇî-ʿā-ʾā} ‘the fourth kingdom.’

Root and etymology

m-l-k

king, reign

In contextDaniel 7:23

Thus he said, “The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it.”

About this coordinate

Daniel 7:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 7:23, 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.7.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.7.23.W5.S1) and character.