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
- 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh mits-RA-yim
- 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
- 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 context — Exodus 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.