Genesis 14:10:7Gen.14.10.W7TAB

מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹ֥ם

melekhsedom

“the kings of Sodom”

Transliteration: me-lekh-se-DOM
Extended: meh-lehkh-seh-DOHM
IPA: /mɛ.lɛx.sə.ˈdoːm/

Meaning by language

English: the kings of Sodom

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

מֶֽ + לֶךְ + סְ + דֹ֥ם

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me + lekh + se + dom

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melekhsedom

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
	Samekh	s as in sit
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Dalet	d as in door
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
me-lekh-se-DOM
phraseyour reading level
me-lekh-se-DOM va-a-mo-RA
clause
ve-E-mek ha-si-DIM be-e-ROT be-e-ROT khe-MAR va-ya-NU-su me-lekh-se-DOM va-a-mo-RA va-yip-lu-SHA-ma
sentence
ve-E-mek ha-si-DIM be-e-ROT be-e-ROT khe-MAR va-ya-NU-su me-lekh-se-DOM va-a-mo-RA va-yip-lu-SHA-ma ve-ha-nish-a-REEM HE-ra na-SU

Exegesis

The narrative then uses a sequence of wayyiqtol verbs: vayanusu {וַיָּנֻ֛סוּ | way-yā-nu-sû} ‘and they fled’ applies to the compound subject melekh-sedom vaamorah {מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹ֥ם וַעֲמֹרָ֖ה | me-leḵ sə-ḏōm wa-ʿă-mō-rāh} ‘kings of Sodom and Gomorrah.’

Root and etymology

m-l-k

“to rule, reign”

In context — Genesis 14:10

Now the valley of Siddim had many pits of bitumen; when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell in there, and the rest fled to the hill country.

About this coordinate

Genesis 14:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 14:10, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹ֥ם (melekhsedom) 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 Gen.14.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.10.W7.S1) and character.

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