Isaiah 36:21:6Isa.36.21.W6TAB
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ
hamelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ki-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh HI
- clause
ki-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh HI le-MOR LO ta-a-NU-hu
- sentence
va-ya-kha-ri-SHU ve-LO-a-NU o-TO da-VAR ki-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh HI le-MOR LO ta-a-NU-hu
Exegesis
The causal nexus ki-mitzwât {כִּֽי־מִצְוַ֨ת | kî-miṣwâṯ} ‘for the command’ attributes the silence to royal authority, signaled by hammeleḵ {הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ | hammeleḵ} ‘the king’.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign, rule”
In context — Isaiah 36:21
But they kept silent and did not answer him a word, for the king’s command was, saying, “Do not answer him.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 36:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 36:21, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (hamelekh) 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.36.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.36.21.W6.S1) and character.