Jeremiah 13:18:2Jer.13.18.W2TAB
לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ
lammelekh
“to the king”
- Transliteration
- lam-ME-lekh
- Extended
- lahm-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /lamˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
lam-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
e-MOR lam-ME-lekh
- clause
e-MOR lam-ME-lekh ve-lag-ge-vi-RA hash-pi-LU SHE-vu
- sentence
e-MOR lam-ME-lekh ve-lag-ge-vi-RA hash-pi-LU SHE-vu KI ya-RAD mar-a-sho-te-KHEM a-TE-ret tif-ar-te-KHEM
Exegesis
The coordinative phrases la-melekh {לַמֶּלֶךְ | la-mé-leḵ} ‘to the king’ and ve-la-gevirah {וְלַגְּבִירָה | və-la-gə-vi-rāh} ‘and to the queen mother’ mark the addressees.
Root and etymology
Rootm-l-k
“to rule, reign”
In context — Jeremiah 13:18
Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Humble yourselves and sit down, for the crown of your glory has come down from your heads.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 13:18, so the Hebrew word לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (lammelekh) 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 Jer.13.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.18.W2.S1) and character.