Exodus 2:23:6Exod.2.23.W6PAT

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
مَلِكُ
Hindi
राजा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
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

Result
מֶ֣ + לֶךְ
me + lekh
melekh

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    ME-lekh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ME-lekh mits-RA-yim

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI va-ya-MIM ha-ra-BIM ha-HEM va-ya-MAT ME-lekh mits-RA-yim va-ye-an-KHU ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL min-ha-a-vo-DA va-yiz-a-KU

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI va-ya-MIM ha-ra-BIM ha-HEM va-ya-MAT ME-lekh mits-RA-yim va-ye-an-KHU ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL min-ha-a-vo-DA va-yiz-a-KU va-ta-AL shav-a-TAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM min-ha-a-vo-DA

In contextExodus 2:23

and it happened in the days the many those and died king Egypt and groaned sons of Israel from the slavery and cried out and went up their cry to God from the slavery

About this coordinate

Exodus 2:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 2:23, 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.2.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.23.W6.S1) and character.