מֶלֶךְ טוֹב
ORIGINALBH-050
Biblical Hebrew · Nouns, Describing Words, Number, and “X of Y”
Noun and adjective together
BH-050Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
מֶלֶךְ טוֹב
Transliterationmelekh tov
Plain meaninga good king
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Noun and adjective together
מֶלֶךְ names the person: king. טוֹב describes him: good. Hebrew adjectives normally reflect the gender and number of the noun they describe. Rather than memorizing “noun” and “adjective” as abstract terms, look for the relationship: what is the thing, and which word tells you what it is like?
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melekh tov
READINGApproved transliteration
a good king
MEANINGBiblical Hebrew
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