2 Chronicles 11:14:42 Chr.11.14.W4TAB
וַאֲחֻזָּתָ֔ם
vaakhuzatam
“and their possession”
- Transliteration
- va-a-khu-za-TAM
- Extended
- vah-ah-khuh-zaa-TAAM
- IPA
- /va.ʔăħuz.zaːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their possession
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-khu-za-TAM
- clause
ki-a-ZE-vu hal-le-vi-IM et-mig-re-SHE-hem va-a-khu-za-TAM va-ye-le-KHU li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ki-a-ZE-vu hal-le-vi-IM et-mig-re-SHE-hem va-a-khu-za-TAM va-ye-le-KHU li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LIM ki-hiz-ni-KHAM ya-ra-VA-am u-va-NA-v mik-ka-HEN la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The first clause uses the Qal perfect azvu {עָזְבוּ | ʿā-zə-vû} with a coordinated construct chain migresheihem ve’achuzatam {מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶם וַאֲחֻזָּתָם | mi-grě-šê-hêm və-’ă-ḥû-zā-tām} to enumerate what was relinquished.
In context — 2 Chronicles 11:14
The Levites abandoned their pasturelands and their possession, and they went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had turned them away from serving as priests for the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 11:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 11:14, so the Hebrew word וַאֲחֻזָּתָ֔ם (vaakhuzatam) 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 2 Chr.11.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.11.14.W4.S1) and character.