Genesis 14:22:3Gen.14.22.W3PAT
אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ
elmelekh
“to the king of”
- Transliteration
- el-ME-lekh
- Extended
- ehl-MEH-lekh
- IPA
- /ʔel.ˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the king of
- French
- au roi de
- Spanish
- al rey de
- Portuguese
- ao rei de
- German
- zum König von
- Russian
- царю
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى ملك
- Hindi
- राजा से
- Chinese-Simplified
- 对王
- Korean
- 왕에게
- Indonesian
- kepada raja
- Bengali
- রাজার কাছে
- Tagalog
- sa hari ng
- Swahili
- kwa mfalme wa
- Amharic
- ለንጉሥ
- Yoruba
- sí ọba ti
- Igbo
- nye eze nke
- Twi
- ɔhene no nkyɛn
- Ewe
- na fia
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
el-ME-lekh se-DOM
- clause
va-YO-mer av-RAM el-ME-lekh se-DOM
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-RAM el-ME-lekh se-DOM ha-ri-MO-ti ya-DI el-Ye-ho-VAH EL el-YON ko-NEH sha-MA-yim va-A-rets
In context — Genesis 14:22
Abram said to the king of Sodom I have lifted my hand to the LORD God Most High possessor of heavens and earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 14:22, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ (elmelekh) 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.14.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.22.W3.S1) and character.