2 Chronicles 13:11:122 Chr.13.11.W12TAB

הַזָּהָ֜ב

hazahav

the gold

Transliteration
ha-za-HAV
Extended
hah-zah-HAAV
IPA
/haz.zaːˈhaːv/

Meaning by language

English
the gold

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Result
הַ + זָּ + הָ֜ב
ha + za + hav
hazahav

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Zayinz as in zero
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-za-HAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-me-no-RAT ha-za-HAV

  3. sentence

    u-mak-ti-RIM la-ye-ho-VAH o-LOT ba-BO-ker-ba-BO-ker u-va-E-rev-ba-E-rev u-ke-TO-ret-sam-MIM u-ma-a-RE-khet LE-khem al-ha-shul-KHAN ha-ta-HOR u-me-no-RAT ha-za-HAV ve-ne-ro-TE-ha le-va-ER ba-E-rev ba-E-rev KI-sho-me-RIM a-NAKH-nu ET-mish-me-RET ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu ve-a-TEM a-zav-TEM o-TO

Exegesis

The phrase umenorat hazahav veneroteha {וּמְנוֹרַת הַזָּהָב וְנֵרֹתֶיהָ | û-mə-nō-raṯ haz-zā-hāḇ wə-nē-rō-ṯe-hā} is followed by the purpose infinitive leva`er {לְבָעֵר | lə-ḇā-ʿēr} to express intended result: the lamps are maintained “to keep burning.”

In context2 Chronicles 13:11

And they make offerings go up in smoke to the LORD —burnt offerings morning by morning and evening by evening, and incense of spices—and they set an arrangement of bread on the pure table, and the gold lampstand with its lamps to keep burning evening by evening; for we are keeping the charge of the LORD our God , but you have forsaken Him.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 13:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 13:11, so the Hebrew word הַזָּהָ֜ב (hazahav) 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.13.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.11.W12.S1) and character.