Targum Molcho

Vowels & Reading · Sound Units, Stress, Meteg, and Maqaf

Non-final stress

RH-093HebrewMasoretic vocalization and word reading

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

מֶלֶךְ

TransliterationME-lekh

Plain meaningking

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT

Non-final stress

Some Hebrew words place the main stress before the final syllable. מֶלֶךְ is commonly read ME-lekh. Stress can affect how forms sound and sometimes how vowels appear when endings are added.

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מֶלֶךְ
ORIGINAL

RH-093

ME-lekh
READING

Approved transliteration

king
MEANING

Hebrew

REMEMBER

Not every Hebrew word is stressed at the end.