Lexicon
נְתַן־מֶ֫לֶךְ
ne.tan-me.lekh
H5419
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Nathan-melech

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ne.tan-me.lekh identifies a eunuch whose chamber is named near the house of the LORD in 2 Kings 23:11.

The attested proper noun identifies a eunuch whose chamber is located in the setting described in 2 Kings 23:11.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in a chamber location · dominant

    In 2 Kings 23:11, the form is tagged as a proper noun and occurs in the phrase naming the chamber of a eunuch. The APB renders the location as “the chamber of Nathan-melech the eunuch that was in the colonnade.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Kings 23:11, the APB presents the term as “Nathan-melech” in the phrase “the chamber of Nathan-melech the eunuch.” The verse is read as a whole.

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