Genesis 39:20:11Gen.39.20.W11PAT

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

hamelekh

the king

Transliteration
ha-ME-lekh
Extended
hah-MEH-lekh
IPA
/ham.ˈmɛ.lɛx/

Meaning by language

English
the king
French
le roi
Spanish
el rey
Portuguese
o rei
German
der König
Russian
царь
Arabic-Simplified
الْمَلِك
Hindi
राजा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
Indonesian
raja
Bengali
রাজা
Tagalog
hari
Swahili
mfalme
Amharic
ንጉሡ
Yoruba
ọba
Igbo
eze
Twi
ɔhene

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + מֶּ֖ + לֶךְ
ha + me + lekh
hamelekh

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
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

    ha-ME-lekh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER-a-su-REI a-si-REI ha-ME-lekh

  3. clause

    va-yik-KAKH a-do-NEI yo-SEF o-TO va-yit-te-NE-hu el-BEIT ha-SO-har me-KOM a-SHER-a-su-REI a-si-REI ha-ME-lekh a-su-RIM

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH a-do-NEI yo-SEF o-TO va-yit-te-NE-hu el-BEIT ha-SO-har me-KOM a-SHER-a-su-REI a-si-REI ha-ME-lekh a-su-RIM va-ye-HI-SHAM be-VEIT ha-SO-har

In contextGenesis 39:20

and took master of Joseph him and put him to the house of the prison place where the confined of prisoners of the king were bound and he was there in the house of the prison

About this coordinate

Genesis 39:20:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 39:20, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (hamelekh) 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.39.20.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.20.W11.S1) and character.