Numbers 21:1:3Num.21.1.W3TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־עֲרָד֙
melekharad
“king of Arad”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-a-RAD
- Extended
- MEH-lekh-a-RAHD
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx.ʕaˈraːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Arad
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-a-RAD
- phraseyour reading level
hak-ke-na-a-NI ME-lekh-a-RAD
- clause
va-yish-MA hak-ke-na-a-NI ME-lekh-a-RAD yo-SHEV han-NE-gev KI BA yis-ra-EL DE-rekh ha-a-ta-RIM
- sentence
va-yish-MA hak-ke-na-a-NI ME-lekh-a-RAD yo-SHEV han-NE-gev KI BA yis-ra-EL DE-rekh ha-a-ta-RIM va-yil-la-KHEM be-yis-ra-EL va-yish-BE mi-men-NU she-VI
Exegesis
The compound subject melech-‘arad {מֶֽלֶךְ־עֲרָד֙ | me-leḵ-‘a-rāḏ} “king of Arad” uses a construct chain to specify territorial rule.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–kaph
“king”
In context — Numbers 21:1
When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some captives.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:1, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־עֲרָד֙ (melekharad) 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 Num.21.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.1.W3.S1) and character.