Genesis 14:17:2Gen.14.17.W2PAT
מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם֮
melekhsedom
“the king of Sodom”
- Transliteration
- me-lekh-se-DOM
- Extended
- meh-lekh-seh-DOHM
- IPA
- /mɛ.lɛx.səˈðoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the king of Sodom
- French
- le roi de Sodome
- Spanish
- el rey de Sodoma
- Portuguese
- o rei de Sodoma
- German
- der König von Sodom
- Russian
- царь Содома
- Arabic-Simplified
- ملك سدوم
- Hindi
- सदोम का राजा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 所多玛王
- Korean
- 소돔 왕이
- Indonesian
- raja Sodom
- Bengali
- সদোমের রাজা
- Tagalog
- ang hari ng Sodoma
- Swahili
- mfalme wa Sodoma
- Amharic
- የሰዶም ንጉሥ
- Yoruba
- ọba Sodomu
- Igbo
- eze Sọdọm
- Twi
- Sodom hene no
- Ewe
- Sodoma 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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-lekh-se-DOM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM
- clause
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
- 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 14:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 14:17, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם֮ (melekhsedom) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.17.W2.S1) and character.