Numbers 33:40:3Num.33.40.W3TAB
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 a-RAD
- clause
va-yish-MA hak-ke-na-a-NI ME-lekh a-RAD ve-HU-YO-shev ba-NE-gev be-E-retz ke-NA-an
- sentence
va-yish-MA hak-ke-na-a-NI ME-lekh a-RAD ve-HU-YO-shev ba-NE-gev be-E-retz ke-NA-an be-VO be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The subject phrase hakenaani melek ʿarad {הַכְּנַעֲנִי֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ עֲרָ֔ד | ha-kə-na-ʿa-nî mê-leḵ ʿă-rād} identifies the Canaanite king.
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“to reign”
In context — Numbers 33:40
And the Canaanite king of Arad heard of the coming of the sons of Israel while he was dwelling in the Negev in the land of Canaan.
About this coordinate
Numbers 33:40:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 33:40, 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.33.40.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.33.40.W3.S1) and character.