Jeremiah 22:24:7Jer.22.24.W7TAB
מֶ֣לֶךְ
melekh
“king”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- clause
KHAI-A-NI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH KI im-yih-YE ka-ne-YA-hu ven-ye-ho-ya-KIM ME-lekh ye-hu-DA kho-TAM al-YAD ye-mi-NI
- sentence
KHAI-A-NI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH KI im-yih-YE ka-ne-YA-hu ven-ye-ho-ya-KIM ME-lekh ye-hu-DA kho-TAM al-YAD ye-mi-NI KI mi-SHAM e-te-KHE-ne-KHA
Exegesis
The conditional protasis ki im yihyeh {כִּי אִם־יִהְיֶה | kî ʾim yih-yeh} ‘though if he were’ establishes a hypothetical involving Coniah ben Yehoiakim melech Yehudah {כָּנְיָהוּ בֶן־יְהוֹיָקִים מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה | konyā-hû ben yə-hō-yā-qîm me-lek yə-hū-ḏāh}.
Root and etymology
מ–ל–ך
“rule, reign”
In context — Jeremiah 22:24
“As I live,” declares the LORD , “even if Coniah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were a signet on my right hand, yet from there I would pluck you off.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 22:24, so the Hebrew word מֶ֣לֶךְ (melekh) 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.22.24.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.24.W7.S1) and character.