Deuteronomy 17:15:4Deut.17.15.W4PAT
מֶ֔לֶךְ
melekh
“king”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh
- Extended
- MEH-lekh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- king
- French
- roi
- Spanish
- rey
- Portuguese
- rei
- German
- König
- Russian
- король
- Arabic-Simplified
- ملك
- Hindi
- राजा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 王
- Korean
- 왕
- Indonesian
- raja
- Bengali
- রাজা
- Tagalog
- hari
- Swahili
- mfalme
- Amharic
- ንጉሥ
- Yoruba
- ọba
- Igbo
- eze
- Twi
- ɔhene
- Ewe
- fia
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
- clause
SOM ta-SIM a-le-KHA ME-lekh a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO
- sentence
SOM ta-SIM a-le-KHA ME-lekh a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO mi-KE-rev a-KHE-kha ta-SIM a-le-KHA ME-lekh LO tu-KHAL la-TET a-le-KHA ISH nakh-REE a-SHER LO-a-KHI-kha HU
In context — Deuteronomy 17:15
surely appoint over you king whom will choose LORD your God in him from among your brothers appoint over you king not be able to place over you a man foreigner who not your brother he
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 17:15, so the Hebrew word מֶ֔לֶךְ (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 Deut.17.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.15.W4.S1) and character.