Genesis 14:17:15Gen.14.17.W15PAT
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
hammelekh
“the king”
- Transliteration
- ham-ME-lekh
- Extended
- hahm-MEH-lekh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- the king
- French
- le roi
- Spanish
- el rey
- Portuguese
- o rei
- German
- des Königs
- Russian
- царя
- Arabic-Simplified
- الملك
- Hindi
- राजा की
- Chinese-Simplified
- 王的
- Korean
- 왕의
- Indonesian
- raja
- Bengali
- রাজার
- Tagalog
- hari
- Swahili
- mfalme
- Amharic
- የንጉሡ
- Yoruba
- ọba náà
- Igbo
- eze ahụ
- Twi
- ɔhene no
- Ewe
- fia la
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ham-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
E-mek ham-ME-lekh
- clause
el-E-mek sha-VE HU E-mek ham-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM lik-ra-TO a-kha-REI shu-VO me-ha-KOT et-ke-dor-la-O-mer ve-et-ham-me-la-KHIM a-SHER it-TO el-E-mek sha-VE HU E-mek ham-ME-lekh
In context — Genesis 14:17
after his return from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him the king of Sodom went out to meet him to the Valley of Shaveh that is the Valley of the king
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:17:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 14:17, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (hammelekh) 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 Gen.14.17.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.17.W15.S1) and character.