Nehemiah 13:6:10Neh.13.6.W10TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֙
melekhbavel
“king of Babylon”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-BA-vel
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-BAA-veh l
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛχ.ˈbaː.vɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Babylon
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-BA-vel
- phraseyour reading level
le-ar-te-kha-SAS-te ME-lekh-BA-vel
- clause
KI bi-she-NAT she-lo-SHIM u-she-TAY-im le-ar-te-kha-SAS-te ME-lekh-BA-vel ba-TI el-ha-ME-lekh u-le-KETS ya-MIM nish-e-AL-ti min-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
u-ve-KHOL-ZE LO ha-YI-ti bi-ru-sha-LIM KI bi-she-NAT she-lo-SHIM u-she-TAY-im le-ar-te-kha-SAS-te ME-lekh-BA-vel ba-TI el-ha-ME-lekh u-le-KETS ya-MIM nish-e-AL-ti min-ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The construct chain leArtakhshasta melech-bavel {לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶל | lə-ʾar-taḥ-šəṯ-tā me-leḵ bā-vel} specifies the Persian king’s regnal context.
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“to rule”
In context — Nehemiah 13:6
But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I came to the king, and at the end of a few days I asked leave from the king.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Nehemiah 13:6, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֙ (melekhbavel) 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 Neh.13.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.6.W10.S1) and character.