2 Chronicles 13:8:162 Chr.13.8.W16TAB
זָהָ֔ב
zahav
“gold”
- Transliteration
- za-HAV
- Extended
- zaa-HAAV
- IPA
- /zaːˈhaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- gold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
za-HAV
- phraseyour reading level
RAV ve-im-MA-khem e-ge-LE za-HAV
- clause
ve-a-TEM ha-MON RAV ve-im-MA-khem e-ge-LE za-HAV a-SHER a-SA la-KHEM ya-rav-A
- sentence
ve-a-TA a-TEM o-me-RIM le-hit-kha-ZEK lif-NE mam-le-KHET ye-ho-VAH be-YAD be-NE da-VID ve-a-TEM ha-MON RAV ve-im-MA-khem e-ge-LE za-HAV a-SHER a-SA la-KHEM ya-rav-A le-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
A further coordinated phrase, veimmakhem egle zahav {וְעִמָּכֶם עֶגְלֵי זָהָב | wə-ʿim-mā-kem ʿeg-lê zā-hāḇ}, highlights the presence of cult objects.
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:8
And now, you are saying that you will strengthen yourselves before the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David, and you are a great multitude, and with you are golden calves which Jeroboam made for you as gods .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:8:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 13:8, so the Hebrew word זָהָ֔ב (zahav) 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.13.8.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.8.W16.S1) and character.