Genesis 36:31:8Gen.36.31.W8PAT

מְלָךְ־מֶ֖לֶךְ

melakhmelekh

a king reigned

Transliteration
me-lakh-ME-lekh
Extended
meh-lahkh-MEH-lekh
IPA
/mə.laːx.ˈmɛ.lɛx/

Meaning by language

English
a king reigned
French
un roi règne
Spanish
un rey reinara
Portuguese
um rei reinar
German
ein König herrschte
Russian
царь царствовал
Arabic-Simplified
مَلِكٌ مَلَكَ
Hindi
कोई राजा राज्य करे
Chinese-Simplified
有王统治
Korean
왕이 다스리기
Indonesian
seorang raja memerintah
Bengali
কোনো রাজা রাজত্ব করত
Tagalog
isang hari ay naghari
Swahili
mfalme kutawala
Amharic
ንጉሥ ነገሠ
Yoruba
ọba kan jọba
Igbo
otu eze achị
Twi
ɔhene bi dii hene
Ewe
fia aɖe fia

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מְ + לָךְ + מֶ֖ + לֶךְ
me + lakh + me + lekh
melakhmelekh

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
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-lakh-ME-lekh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lif-NEI me-lakh-ME-lekh

  3. clause

    lif-NEI me-lakh-ME-lekh liv-NEI yis-ra-EL

  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 36:31:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 36:31, so the Hebrew word מְלָךְ־מֶ֖לֶךְ (melakhmelekh) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.31.W8.S1) and character.