Genesis 40:5:14Gen.40.5.W14PAT

לְמֶ֣לֶךְ

lemelekh

the king of

Transliteration
le-ME-lekh
Extended
leh-MEH-lehkh
IPA
/ləˈmɛ.lɛx/

Meaning by language

English
the king of
French
roi d’
Spanish
rey de
Portuguese
rei do
German
König von
Russian
царю
Arabic-Simplified
لِلْمَلِكِ
Hindi
राजा से संबंध रखनेवाले
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
왕에게
Indonesian
raja
Bengali
রাজার
Tagalog
hari ng
Swahili
mfalme wa
Amharic
ንጉሡ
Yoruba
ọba
Igbo
eze nke
Twi
ɔhene no dea
Ewe
fia la tɔ

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Result
לְ + מֶ֣ + לֶךְ
le + me + lekh
lemelekh

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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

    le-ME-lekh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-ME-lekh mits-RA-yim

  3. clause

    ham-mash-KE ve-ha-o-FE a-SHER le-ME-lekh mits-RA-yim a-SHER a-su-RIM be-VEIT ha-so-HAR

  4. sentence

    va-ya-khal-MU kha-LOM she-NEI-hem ISH kha-lo-MO be-LAI-la e-KHAD ISH ke-fi-te-RON kha-lo-MO ham-mash-KE ve-ha-o-FE a-SHER le-ME-lekh mits-RA-yim a-SHER a-su-RIM be-VEIT ha-so-HAR

In contextGenesis 40:5

dreamed a dream both of them each man his dream in the night one each man according to the interpretation of his dream the cupbearer and the baker who belonged to the king of Egypt who were confined in the house of the prison

About this coordinate

Genesis 40:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 40:5, so the Hebrew word לְמֶ֣לֶךְ (lemelekh) 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.40.5.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.5.W14.S1) and character.