Isaiah 17:3:4Isa.17.3.W4TAB
וּמַמְלָכָ֥ה
umamlakha
“and kingdom”
- Transliteration
- u-mam-la-KHA
- Extended
- oo-mahm-lah-KHAA
- IPA
- /u.mamlaˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and kingdom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-mam-la-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
u-mam-la-KHA mid-dam-ME-sek
- clause
ve-nish-BAT miv-TSAR me-ef-RA-yim u-mam-la-KHA mid-dam-ME-sek u-she-AR a-RAM
- sentence
ve-nish-BAT miv-TSAR me-ef-RA-yim u-mam-la-KHA mid-dam-ME-sek u-she-AR a-RAM ki-khe-VOD be-NEI-yis-ra-EL yih-HE-yu ne-UM Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
Exegesis
Two parallel prepositional phrases, mivtzar me-Ephrayim {מִבְצָר֙ מֵֽאֶפְרַ֔יִם | mi-və-ṣār mēʾeprəyim} ‘fortress from Ephraim’ and u-mamlakah mi-Dammesek {וּמַמְלָכָ֥ה מִדַּמֶּ֖שֶׂק | ū-mamlāḵāh mid-dammēšeq} ‘and kingdom from Damascus’, establish coordinated loss narratives.
Root and etymology
מ-ל-כ
“to reign”
In context — Isaiah 17:3
And the fortress will cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the people of Israel—declares the LORD of hosts .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 17:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 17:3, so the Hebrew word וּמַמְלָכָ֥ה (umamlakha) 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 Isa.17.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.3.W4.S1) and character.