Ezekiel 17:14:2Ezek.17.14.W2TAB

מַמְלָכָ֣ה

mamlakha

a kingdom

Transliteration
mam-la-KHA
Extended
mahme-lah-KHAA
IPA
/mam.laˈχaː/

Meaning by language

English
a kingdom

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מַמְ + לָ + כָ֣ה
mam + la + kha
mamlakha

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    mam-la-KHA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mam-la-KHA she-fa-LA

  3. clause

    lih-he-YOT mam-la-KHA she-fa-LA le-vil-TI hit-na-SE

  4. sentence

    lih-he-YOT mam-la-KHA she-fa-LA le-vil-TI hit-na-SE lish-MOR et-be-ri-TO le-am-da

Exegesis

Lihyot {לִֽהְיוֹת | li-hyôt} ‘to be’ introduces a purpose clause with mamlakhah {מַמְלָכָה | mam-la-khah} as the implicit subject.

Root and etymology

m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf

reign, sovereignty

In contextEzekiel 17:14

This was to make the kingdom lowly so that it would not lift itself up, but would keep its covenant and stand.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 17:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 17:14, so the Hebrew word מַמְלָכָ֣ה (mamlakha) 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.17.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.14.W2.S1) and character.