2 Chronicles 12:4:32 Chr.12.4.W3TAB
הַמְּצֻר֖וֹת
hammetsurot
“the fortified”
- Transliteration
- ham-me-tsu-ROT
- Extended
- hahm-meh-tsuh-ROHT
- IPA
- /ham.mətsuˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the fortified
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
ham-me-tsu-ROT
- phraseyour reading level
ET-a-RE ham-me-tsu-ROT
- clause
va-yil-KOD ET-a-RE ham-me-tsu-ROT a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-yil-KOD ET-a-RE ham-me-tsu-ROT a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA va-ya-VO ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks the definite direct object, introducing the construct chain arei hametzurot {עָרֵי הַמְּצֻרוֹת | ʿārê hamməṣûrōṯ} ‘fortified cities’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:4
And he captured the fortified cities of Judah, and he came up to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 12:4, so the Hebrew word הַמְּצֻר֖וֹת (hammetsurot) 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.12.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.4.W3.S1) and character.