1 Kings 14:23:41 Kgs.14.23.W4TAB
בָּמ֥וֹת
bamot
“high places”
- Transliteration
- ba-MOT
- Extended
- baa-MOHT
- IPA
- /baːˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- high places
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ba-MOT
- phraseyour reading level
ba-MOT u-mats-TSE-vot
- clause
va-yiv-NU gam-HE-ma la-HEM ba-MOT u-mats-TSE-vot va-a-she-RIM
- sentence
va-yiv-NU gam-HE-ma la-HEM ba-MOT u-mats-TSE-vot va-a-she-RIM AL kal-giv-A ge-vo-HA ve-TA-khat kal-ETS ra-a-NAN
Exegesis
The series of direct objects bamot {בָּמוֹת | bāmôṯ} ‘high places’, matzevot {מַצֵּב֖וֹת | maṣṣēḇōṯ} ‘pillars’, and Asherim {אֲשֵׁרִים | ʾăšērîm} ‘Asherah poles’ enumerates distinct ritual installations.
Root and etymology
b-m-h
“high place”
In context — 1 Kings 14:23
And they also built for themselves high places, pillars , and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 14:23, so the Hebrew word בָּמ֥וֹת (bamot) 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 Kgs.14.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.23.W4.S1) and character.