Ezekiel 17:12:9Ezek.17.12.W9TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֤ל
melekhbavel
“king of Babylon”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-BA-vel
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-baa-VEHL
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx.baːˈvɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Babylon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-BA-vel
- phraseyour reading level
hi-NE-VA ME-lekh-BA-vel ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- clause
e-MOR hi-NE-VA ME-lekh-BA-vel ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yik-KAKH ET-mal-KA ve-ET-sa-RE-ha va-ya-VE o-TAM e-LAV BA-ve-LA
- sentence
e-MAR-NA le-VET ha-ME-ri ha-LO ye-Da-TE-m MA-E-le e-MOR hi-NE-VA ME-lekh-BA-vel ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yik-KAKH ET-mal-KA ve-ET-sa-RE-ha va-ya-VE o-TAM e-LAV BA-ve-LA
Exegesis
The particle hinneh {הִנֵּה | hin-nēh} ‘behold’ signals a shift to the historical report: ba {בָא | bā} ‘he has come’ introduces the arrival of melekh-bavel {מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶל | me-lekh-bā-vel} ‘king of Babylon.’ The verbs vayikkakh …
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“king, ruler”
In context — Ezekiel 17:12
Say now to the house of rebellion , "Do you not know what these things mean? Say, 'Behold, the king of Babylon has come to Jerusalem and has taken her king and her princes , and he has brought them to him, to Babylon.'"
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 17:12, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֤ל (melekhbavel) 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 Ezek.17.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.12.W9.S1) and character.