1 Chronicles 22:2:91 Chr.22.2.W9TAB
חֹֽצְבִ֗ים
khotsevim
“stonecutters”
- Transliteration
- KHO-tse-VIM
- Extended
- KHOH-tseh-VEEM
- IPA
- /ħoːtsəˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- stonecutters
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
KHO-tse-VIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-MED KHO-tse-VIM
- clause
va-ya-a-MED KHO-tse-VIM lakh-TSOV av-NEI ga-ZIT liv-NOT BET ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID likh-NOS ET-ha-ge-RIM a-SHER be-E-rets yis-ra-EL va-ya-a-MED KHO-tse-VIM lakh-TSOV av-NEI ga-ZIT liv-NOT BET ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The active participle chotzvim {חֹצְבִים | ḥōṣvīm} ‘stonecutters’ names the agents, with the infinitive laḥṣōv {לַחְצוֹב֙ | laḥṣōv} ‘to quarry’ expressing purpose, and the construct avnei gazit {אַבְנֵ֣י גָזִית | ʾavne gāzīt} ‘stones of hewn’ serving as the object.
Root and etymology
Rooth-tz-b
“to hew, carve”
In context — 1 Chronicles 22:2
And David commanded that all the foreigners in the land of Israel be gathered, and he appointed stonecutters to cut hewn stones for building the house of God .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 22:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 22:2, so the Hebrew word חֹֽצְבִ֗ים (khotsevim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.22.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.2.W9.S1) and character.