Joshua 13:21:9Josh.13.21.W9TAB
מָלַ֖ךְ
malakh
“reigned”
- Transliteration
- ma-LAKH
- Extended
- mah-LAKH
- IPA
- /maˈlax/
Meaning by language
- English
- reigned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ma-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ma-LAKH
- clause
ve-KOL a-REI ha-mi-SHOR ve-KOL-mam-le-KHUT si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER ma-LAKH be-khesh-BON
- sentence
ve-KOL a-REI ha-mi-SHOR ve-KOL-mam-le-KHUT si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER ma-LAKH be-khesh-BON a-SHER hi-KAH mo-SHEH o-TO ve-ET-ne-si-EI mid-YAN et-e-VI ve-ET-RE-kem ve-ET-TSUR ve-ET-KHUR ve-ET-RE-va ne-si-KHEI si-KHON yo-shvei ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The relative clause melek haemori asher malakh becheshbon {מֶלֶךְ הָאֱמוֹרִי אֲשֶׁר מָלַךְ בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן | mêleḵ hā-ʾĕmôrî ʾǎšer mâlaḵ bǝ-ḥeš-bôn} specifies his reign’s seat.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“to reign, be king”
In context — Joshua 13:21
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck down, and the chiefs of Midian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Khur, and Reva, princes of Sihon—who were dwelling in the land .
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 13:21, so the Hebrew word מָלַ֖ךְ (malakh) 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.13.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.21.W9.S1) and character.