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2 Kings 24:17
“And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מָלַךְmâlak · maw-lak'
H4427 · Hebrew
H4427 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- consult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יַּמְלֵ֧ךְ — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 351 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 36:31Genesis 36:31Genesis 36:32Genesis 36:33Genesis 36:34
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָלַךְ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.