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H4428Gמֶ֫לֶךְme.lekh
kingPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
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So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, Micaiah, son of Imlah; but I have no love for him, for he is a prophet of evil to me and not of good. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king s
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imlah.
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them.
וּמֶ֣לֶךְ (מֶ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “[the] king of”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”
And all the prophets said the same thing, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and it will go well for you, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
Now the servant who had gone to get Micaiah said to him, See now, all the prophets with one voice are saying good things to the king; so let your words be like theirs and say good things.
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And in answer he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.
הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ (מֶּלֶךְ֒) me.leKh “king”הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (מֶּ֜לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
Then the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good but of evil?
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”
And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon, the ruler of the town, and to Joash, the king's son;
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And say, It is the king's order that this man is to be put in prison and given prison food till I come again in peace.
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will make a change in my clothing, so that I do not seem to be the king, and will go into the fight; but do you put on your robes. So the king of Israel made a change in his dress and went into the fight.
מֶ֨לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
Now the king of Aram had given orders to the thirty-two captains of his war-carriages, saying, Make no attack on small or great, but only on the king of Israel.
וּמֶ֣לֶךְ (מֶ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king of”מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, Truly, this is the king of Israel; and turning against him, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry.
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[is] [the] king of”
And when the captains of the war-carriages saw that he was not the king of Israel, they went back from going after him.
מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[was] [the] king of”
And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
But the fight became more violent while the day went on; and the king was supported in his war-carriage facing the Aramaeans, and the floor of the carriage was covered with the blood from his wound, and by evening he was dead.
וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (מֶּ֗לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And they came to Samaria, and put the king's body to rest in Samaria.
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all he did, and his ivory house, and all the towns of which he was the builder, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
לְמַלְכֵ֥י (מַלְכֵ֥י) mal.Khei “[the] kings of”
And Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab's rule over Israel.
מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his great power, and how he went to war, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
לְמַלְכֵ֥י (מַלְכֵ֥י) mal.Khei “[the] kings of”
At that time there was no king in Edom;
וּמֶ֥לֶךְ (מֶ֥לֶךְ) Me.lekh “[was] a king”מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “[was] king”
Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and he was king over Israel for two years.
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”