Genesis 36:31:4Gen.36.31.W4PAT

מָלְכ֖וּ

malkhu

reigned

Transliteration
mal-KHU
Extended
mahl-KHOO
IPA
/maːl.ˈxuː/

Meaning by language

English
reigned
French
régnèrent
Spanish
reinaron
Portuguese
reinaram
German
herrschten
Russian
царствовали
Arabic-Simplified
مَلَكُوا
Hindi
राज करते थे
Chinese-Simplified
作王
Korean
다스린
Indonesian
memerintah
Bengali
রাজত্ব করেছিল
Tagalog
naghari
Swahili
walitawala
Amharic
ነገሡ
Yoruba
jọba
Igbo
chịrị
Twi
dii hene
Ewe
fia

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Result
מָלְ + כ֖וּ
mal + khu
malkhu

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    mal-KHU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER mal-KHU

  3. clause

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

  4. 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 36:31:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 36:31, so the Hebrew word מָלְכ֖וּ (malkhu) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.31.W4.S1) and character.