Genesis 14:9:3Gen.14.9.W3PAT

מֶ֣לֶךְ

melekh

king of

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

Meaning by language

English
king of
French
roi d’
Spanish
rey de
Portuguese
rei de
German
König von
Russian
царём
Arabic-Simplified
ملك
Hindi
राजा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
Indonesian
raja
Bengali
রাজা
Tagalog
hari ng
Swahili
mfalme wa
Amharic
ንጉሥ
Yoruba
ọba ti
Igbo
eze nke
Twi
hene
Ewe
fia si

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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 ei-LAM

  3. clause

    ET ke-dor-la-O-mer ME-lekh ei-LAM ve-tid-AL ME-lekh go-YIM ve-am-ra-FEL ME-lekh shin-AR ve-ar-YOKH ME-lekh el-la-SAR

  4. sentence

    ET ke-dor-la-O-mer ME-lekh ei-LAM ve-tid-AL ME-lekh go-YIM ve-am-ra-FEL ME-lekh shin-AR ve-ar-YOKH ME-lekh el-la-SAR ar-ba-A me-la-KHIM et-ha-kha-mi-SHA

In contextGenesis 14:9

with Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar four kings against the five

About this coordinate

Genesis 14:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 14:9, 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 Gen.14.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.9.W3.S1) and character.