Nehemiah 2:3:2Neh.2.3.W2TAB
לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
lamelekh
“to the king”
- Transliteration
- la-ME-lekh
- Extended
- lah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /lamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the king
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 | |
| 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
la-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-o-MAR la-ME-lekh
- clause
va-o-MAR la-ME-lekh ha-ME-lekh le-o-LAM yikh-YE
- sentence
va-o-MAR la-ME-lekh ha-ME-lekh le-o-LAM yikh-YE ma-DU-a lo-ye-re-U fa-NAI a-SHER ha-IR BET-kiv-ROT a-vo-TAI kha-re-VA u-she-a-RE-ha u-ke-LU va-ESH
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaph
“to rule”
In context — Nehemiah 2:3
And I said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad when the city—the place of my ancestors’ graves —lies in ruins, and its gates are consumed by fire ?”
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 2:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Nehemiah 2:3, so the Hebrew word לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (lamelekh) 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.2.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.2.3.W2.S1) and character.