Jeremiah 19:3:4Jer.19.3.W4TAB

מַלְכֵ֣י

malkhe

kings of

Transliteration
mal-KHE
Extended
mahl-KHEE
IPA
/malˈχeː/

Meaning by language

English
kings of

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Result
מַלְ + כֵ֣י
mal + khe
malkhe

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    mal-KHE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mal-KHE ye-hu-DA

  3. clause

    ve-a-MAR-ta shim-U de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH mal-KHE ye-hu-DA ve-yosh-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-im

  4. sentence

    ve-a-MAR-ta shim-U de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH mal-KHE ye-hu-DA ve-yosh-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-im ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL hin-NI me-VI ra-A al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE a-SHER kal-sho-me-A ti-tsal-NA oz-NAIV

Exegesis

The imperative shimʿu {שִׁמְעוּ | šim-ʿû} ‘hear’ functions as a summons to the addressed groups malkhei Yehudah {מַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה | mal-khê yə-hū-dāh} ‘kings of Judah’ and veyoshvei Yerushalayim {וְיֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִָם | wə-yōsh-vê yə-rū-shā-lā-yim} ‘inhabitants of Jerusalem.’

In contextJeremiah 19:3

And you shall say, “Hear the word of the LORD , O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the LORD of hosts , the God of Israel : Behold, I am bringing disaster upon this place so that everyone who hears about it—his ears will tingle.”

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 19:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 19:3, so the Hebrew word מַלְכֵ֣י (malkhe) 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.19.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.3.W4.S1) and character.