Ezekiel 19:9:5Ezek.19.9.W5TAB
אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ
elmelekh
“to the king of”
- Transliteration
- el-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ehl-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the king of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
el-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
el-ME-lekh ba-VEL
- clause
va-yit-ne-HU va-su-GAR ba-kha-KHIM va-ye-vi-U el-ME-lekh ba-VEL
- sentence
va-yit-ne-HU va-su-GAR ba-kha-KHIM va-ye-vi-U el-ME-lekh ba-VEL ye-vi-U ba-me-tso-DOT le-MA-an lo-yish-SHA-ma ko-LO OD el-ha-RE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional clause el-melekh Bavel {אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל | ʾel-mēleḵ Bāvel} ‘to the king of Babylon’ marks the transition to exile, and the Hiphil imperfect yeviuhu bametzodot {יְבִאֻהוּ בַּמְּצֹד֔וֹת | yəḇīʾûhū bam-mə-ṣō-ḏōṯ} ‘they bring him into strongholds’ indicates ongoing captivity.
In context — Ezekiel 19:9
With hooks they cast him into a cage and brought him to the king of Babylon ; they confined him in strongholds so that his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 19:9, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ (elmelekh) 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.19.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.9.W5.S1) and character.