Zechariah 14:9:3Zech.14.9.W3TAB
לְמֶ֖לֶךְ
lemelekh
“as king”
- Transliteration
- le-ME-lekh
- Extended
- leh-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ləˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- as king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-ME-lekh
- clause
ve-ha-YA Ye-ho-VAH le-ME-lekh al-kol-ha-A-rets
- sentence
ve-ha-YA Ye-ho-VAH le-ME-lekh al-kol-ha-A-rets ba-YOM ha-HU yih-ye-YE Ye-ho-VAH e-KHAD u-she-MO e-KHAD
Exegesis
The prepositional lə-meleḵ {לְמֶ֖לֶךְ | lə-meleḵ} ‘as king’ frames divine sovereignty, while the phrase ʿal kol hā-ʾāreṣ {עַל־כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ | ʿal kol hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘over all the earth’ heightens universality.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־ך
“to rule, reign”
In context — Zechariah 14:9
And the LORD will be king over all the earth; on that day the LORD will be one and His name one .
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Zechariah 14:9, so the Hebrew word לְמֶ֖לֶךְ (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 Zech.14.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.9.W3.S1) and character.