בְ/מָלְכ֔/וֹ
𐤁/𐤌𐤋𐤊/𐤅
mâlak
in-reigning-his
To reign, rule, or exercise royal authority; to become or be made king or queen; to act as a sovereign or to install someone as a ruler; in some contexts, to assume the functions or status of monarchy. The verb covers both the inceptive act of being enthroned and the continuing exercise of governance, and, in causative forms, the act of making or declaring someone king or ruler.
2 Kings 21:1 · Word #6
Lexicon H4427
| Lemma | מָלַךְ |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤌𐤋𐤊 |
| Transliteration | mâlak |
| Strong's | H4427 |
| Definition | To reign, rule, or exercise royal authority; to become or be made king or queen; to act as a sovereign or to install someone as a ruler; in some contexts, to assume the functions or status of monarchy. The verb covers both the inceptive act of being enthroned and the continuing exercise of governance, and, in causative forms, the act of making or declaring someone king or ruler. |
Morphology HR/Vqc/Sp3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | c — Infinitive Construct — The verbal noun ("to ...") |
Common Translation
| Phrase | in-reigning-his |
SIBI-P1 Translation H4427-50
in his reigning
| Morphological Notes | Qal infinitive construct with prefixed ב preposition and 3rd masculine singular pronominal suffix |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal infinitive construct of מלך denotes the act or state of reigning. The 3ms pronominal suffix adds possession, yielding 'his reigning,' and the prefixed ב marks the prepositional sense 'in.' |
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