Genesis 36:31:2Gen.36.31.W2PAT

הַמְּלָכִ֔ים

hammelakhim

the kings

Transliteration
ham-me-la-KHIM
Extended
hahm-meh-lah-KHEEM
IPA
/ham.mə.laː.ˈxiːm/

Meaning by language

English
the kings
French
les rois
Spanish
los reyes
Portuguese
os reis
German
die Könige
Russian
цари
Arabic-Simplified
الملوك
Hindi
राजागण
Chinese-Simplified
君王
Korean
왕들
Indonesian
raja-raja
Bengali
রাজাগণ
Tagalog
mga hari
Swahili
wafalme
Amharic
ነገሥታቱ
Yoruba
àwọn ọba
Igbo
ndị eze
Twi
ahemfo
Ewe
fiawo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַמ + מְּ + לָ + כִ֔ים
ham + me + la + khim
hammelakhim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ham-me-la-KHIM

  2. clause

    ve-EL-leh ham-me-la-KHIM a-SHER mal-KHU be-E-rets e-DOM

  3. sentence

    ve-EL-leh ham-me-la-KHIM a-SHER mal-KHU be-E-rets e-DOM lif-NEI me-lakh-ME-lekh liv-NEI yis-ra-EL

In contextGenesis 36:31

and these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before a king reigned over the sons of Israel

About this coordinate

Genesis 36:31:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 36:31, so the Hebrew word הַמְּלָכִ֔ים (hammelakhim) 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.36.31.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.31.W2.S1) and character.