Joshua 13:12:4Josh.13.12.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁר־מָלַ֥ךְ
ashermalakh
“who reigned”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-ma-LAKH
- Extended
- aheh-SHEHR-mah-LAHKH
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.maˈlaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- who reigned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
a-SHER-ma-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-ma-LAKH be-ash-tar-OT
- clause
kol-mam-le-KUT OG ba-ba-SHAN a-SHER-ma-LAKH be-ash-tar-OT u-ve-ed-re-I
- sentence
kol-mam-le-KUT OG ba-ba-SHAN a-SHER-ma-LAKH be-ash-tar-OT u-ve-ed-re-I HU nish-AR mi-ye-TER ha-re-fa-IM va-ya-KEM mo-SHEH va-yo-ri-SHEM
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă-šer} ‘who’ introduces a defining clause with malakh {מָלַ֥ךְ | mā-laḵ} ‘he reigned,’ modified by the dual place names beAshtarot {בְּעַשְׁתָּר֖וֹת | bə-’aš-tā-rōṯ} and uveEdrei {וּבְאֶדְרֶ֑עִי | ū-ḇə-’eḏ-rē-yi}.
Root and etymology
“to rule”
In context — Joshua 13:12
All the kingdom of Og in the Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei—he was left from the remnant of the Rephaim ; Moses struck them down and dispossessed them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 13:12, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־מָלַ֥ךְ (ashermalakh) 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 Josh.13.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.12.W4.S1) and character.