Leviticus 20:4:11Lev.20.4.W11TAB
לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ
lamolekh
“to Molech”
- Transliteration
- la-MO-lekh
- Extended
- lah-MOH-lekh
- IPA
- /laˈmoːlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Molech
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
la-MO-lekh
- clause
ve-IM ha-e-LEM ya-e-li-MOO AM ha-A-rets et-ey-NEI-HEM min-ha-ISH ha-HU be-tit-TO mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh
- sentence
ve-IM ha-e-LEM ya-e-li-MOO AM ha-A-rets et-ey-NEI-HEM min-ha-ISH ha-HU be-tit-TO mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh le-vil-TI ha-MIT o-TO
Exegesis
The chained construction betitto mizra'o la-molekh {בְּתִתּוֹ מִזַּרְע֖וֹ לַמֹּלֶךְ | bə-ṯittô miz-zaʿô la-Mōleḵ} links the sacrificial act as the triggering event.
Root and etymology
Rootm-l-k
“king (as deity)”
In context — Leviticus 20:4
And if the people of the land willfully hide their eyes from that man when he gives his offspring to Molekh, so as not to put him to death—
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 20:4, so the Hebrew word לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ (lamolekh) 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 Lev.20.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.4.W11.S1) and character.