Numbers 32:33:17Num.32.33.W17TAB
מֶ֣לֶךְ
melekh
“king”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh
- Extended
- MEH-lekh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- king
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh ha-ba-SHAN
- clause
va-yi-TEN la-HEM mo-SHEH liv-NEI-GAD ve-liv-NEI re-u-VEN ve-la-kha-TSI SHE-vet me-na-SHEH ben-YO-sef ET-mam-le-KHET si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI ve-ET-mam-le-KHET OG ME-lekh ha-ba-SHAN
- sentence
va-yi-TEN la-HEM mo-SHEH liv-NEI-GAD ve-liv-NEI re-u-VEN ve-la-kha-TSI SHE-vet me-na-SHEH ben-YO-sef ET-mam-le-KHET si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI ve-ET-mam-le-KHET OG ME-lekh ha-ba-SHAN ha-A-retz le-a-re-HA big-vu-LOT a-REI ha-A-retz sa-VIV
Exegesis
The direct object marker ʾet (ʾet-mamlēkeṯ {אֶת־מַמְלֶכֶת | ʾet-mamlēkeṯ}) signals the dual objects məmleḵet Sīḥōn meleḵ ha-ʾemōrî {מַמְלֶכֶת סִיחֹן מֶלֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִי} ‘the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite’ and wə-ʾet-mamlēkeṯ ʿÔḡ meleḵ ha-bāšān {וְאֶת־מַמְלֶכֶת עוֹג מֶלֶךְ הַבָּשָׁן} ‘and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan’.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem-lamed-kaf
“king”
In context — Numbers 32:33
Moses gave to the sons of Gad, to the sons of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan—the land with its cities within its borders, the cities of the land all around.
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:33:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Numbers 32:33, so the Hebrew word מֶ֣לֶךְ (melekh) 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.32.33.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.33.W17.S1) and character.