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H4428Gמֶ֫לֶךְme.lekh
kingPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
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And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them unto him to Jezreel.
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And there came a messenger, and told him, saying: `They have brought the heads of the king's sons.' And he said: 'Lay ye them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.'
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said: 'Who are ye?' And they answered: 'We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.'
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
לְמַלְכֵ֥י (מַלְכֵ֥י) mal.Khei “[the] kings of”
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bed-chamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that h
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh- “king”הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”
And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds, of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and sh
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And he commanded them, saying: 'This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, and that keep the watch of the king's house--
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And the other two parts of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain; and be ye with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in.'
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (מֶּ֜לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spear and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of the LORD.
לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
Then he brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown and the insignia; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said: 'Long live the king.'
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (מֶּ֗לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood on the platform, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried: 'Treason, treason.'
הַמֶּלֶךְ֩ (מֶּלֶךְ֩) me.leKh “king”הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house; and there was she slain.
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the king also and the people.
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard unto the king's house. And he sat on the thron
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמְּלָכִֽים׃ (מְּלָכִֽים) me.la.Khim “kings”
So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet; and they slew Athaliah with the sword at the king's house.
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them: 'Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no longer money from them that bestow it upon you, but deliver it for the breaches of
הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ (מֶּ֨לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags and counted the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”
Then Hazael king of Aram went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
And Jehoash king Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, an
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”מַלְכֵ֤י mal.Khei “[the] kings of”הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
לְמַלְכֵ֥י (מַלְכֵ֥י) mal.Khei “[the] kings of”
In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Aram, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, continually.
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”