Exodus 1:15:2Exod.1.15.W2PAT
מֶ֣לֶךְ
melekh
“king”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- king
- French
- roi
- Spanish
- rey
- Portuguese
- rei
- German
- König
- Russian
- царь
- Arabic-Simplified
- مَلِك
- Hindi
- राजा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 国王
- Korean
- 왕
- Indonesian
- raja
- Bengali
- রাজা
- Tagalog
- hari
- Swahili
- mfalme
- Amharic
- ንጉሥ
- Yoruba
- ọba
- Igbo
- eze
- Twi
- hene
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh mits-RA-yim
- clause
va-YO-mer ME-lekh mits-RA-yim la-me-yal-le-DOT ha-iv-ri-YOT
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME-lekh mits-RA-yim la-me-yal-le-DOT ha-iv-ri-YOT a-SHER SHEM ha-a-KHAT shif-RA ve-SHEM ha-she-NIT pu-AH
In context — Exodus 1:15
and said king of Egypt to the midwives the Hebrew women whose name the one Shiphrah and name the second Puah
About this coordinate
Exodus 1:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 1:15, 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 Exod.1.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.15.W2.S1) and character.