Isaiah 22:1:4Isa.22.1.W4TAB
מַה־לָּ֣ךְ
malekh
“what is to you”
- Transliteration
- ma-LEKH
- Extended
- mah-LEHKH
- IPA
- /maːˈlːɔːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- what is to you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
ma-LEKH E-fo
- clause
ma-LEKH E-fo KI-a-LIT ku-LAKH la-gag-GOT
- sentence
ma-SA GE khi-za-YON ma-LEKH E-fo KI-a-LIT ku-LAKH la-gag-GOT
Exegesis
The interrogative mah-lakh {מַה־לָּךְ | māh-lāḵ} ‘what-to-you’ combined with ēpōʾ {אֵפ֔וֹא | ʾēpōʾ} ‘now’ forms an emphatic question.
In context — Isaiah 22:1
The oracle concerning the valley of vision: What is wrong with you now that you have all gone up to the rooftops ?
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 22:1, so the Hebrew word מַה־לָּ֣ךְ (malekh) 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.22.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.1.W4.S1) and character.