Exodus 5:4:3Exod.5.4.W3PAT

מֶ֣לֶךְ

melekh

king

Transliteration
ME-lekh
Extended
MEH-lekh
IPA
/ˈmɛ.lɛx/

Meaning by language

English
king
French
roi
Spanish
rey
Portuguese
rei
German
König
Russian
царь
Arabic-Simplified
ملك
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-YO-mer a-le-HEM ME-lekh mits-RA-yim la-MA mo-SHE ve-a-ha-RON taf-RI-u et-ha-AM mim-ma-a-SAV

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer a-le-HEM ME-lekh mits-RA-yim la-MA mo-SHE ve-a-ha-RON taf-RI-u et-ha-AM mim-ma-a-SAV le-KHU le-siv-lo-TE-khem

In contextExodus 5:4

and said to them king of Egypt why Moses and Aaron do you take away the people from his work go to your burdens

About this coordinate

Exodus 5:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 5:4, 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.5.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.5.4.W3.S1) and character.