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H4428Gמֶ֫לֶךְme.lekh
kingPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
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Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them: 'Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?' And they said: 'Go up; for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.'
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat: 'There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.' And Jehoshaphat said: 'Let not the king say so.'
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said: 'Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.'
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in a threshing-floor, at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
וּמֶ֣לֶךְ (מֶ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “[the] king of”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”
And all the prophets prophesied so, saying: 'Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.'
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke unto him, saying: 'Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth, let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak thou good.'
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him: 'Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?' And he answered him: 'Go up, and prosper; and the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.'
הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ (מֶּלֶךְ֒) me.leKh “king”הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (מֶּ֜לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And the king said unto him: 'How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?'
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: 'Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?'
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”
And the king of Israel said: 'Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
and say: Thus saith the king: Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with scant bread and with scant water, until I come 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 unto Jehoshaphat: 'I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes.' And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
מֶ֨לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying: 'Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.'
וּמֶ֣לֶךְ (מֶ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king of”מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said: 'Surely it is the king of Israel'; and they turned aside to fight against him; and Jehoshaphat cried out.
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[is] [the] king of”
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[was] [the] king of”
And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the lower armour and the breastplate; wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot: 'Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.'
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
And the battle increased that day; and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Arameans, and died at even; and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (מֶּ֗לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
לְמַלְכֵ֥י (מַלְכֵ֥י) mal.Khei “[the] kings of”
And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of 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 might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
לְמַלְכֵ֥י (מַלְכֵ֥י) mal.Khei “[the] kings of”
And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
וּמֶ֥לֶךְ (מֶ֥לֶךְ) Me.lekh “[was] a king”מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “[was] king”
Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”