Numbers 21:29:10Num.21.29.W10TAB
לְמֶ֥לֶךְ
lemelekh
“to the king”
- Transliteration
- le-MELEKH
- Extended
- leh-ME-lekh
- IPA
- /ləˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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
le-MELEKH
- phraseyour reading level
le-MELEKH e-mo-RI
- clause
na-TAN ba-NAV ple-TIM u-ve-no-TAV ba-she-VIT le-MELEKH e-mo-RI si-HON
- sentence
OY-le-KHA mo-AV a-vad-TA am-ke-MOSH na-TAN ba-NAV ple-TIM u-ve-no-TAV ba-she-VIT le-MELEKH e-mo-RI si-HON
Exegesis
The beneficiary phrase lemelekh emori sichon {לְמֶלֶךְ אֱמֹרִי סִיחוֹן | lə-mĕ-leḵ ʾĕ-mō-rî sî-ḥôn} ‘to Sihon king of the Amorites’ completes the transfer of power and underscores the irony of divine impotence.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–kaph
“king”
In context — Numbers 21:29
Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh ; he has given his sons as fugitives and his daughters into captivity to Sihon, king of the Amorites.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:29:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 21:29, so the Hebrew word לְמֶ֥לֶךְ (lemelekh) 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.21.29.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.29.W10.S1) and character.