2 Chronicles 14:3:22 Chr.14.3.W2TABWLC 2 Chronicles 14:2
אֶת־מִזְבְּח֥וֹת
etmizbekhot
“the altars of”
- Transliteration
- et-miz-be-KHOT
- Extended
- eet-mihz-beh-KHOOT
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.mizbəˈħoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the altars of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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
et-miz-be-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
et-miz-be-KHOT ha-ne-KHAR
- clause
va-ya-SAR et-miz-be-KHOT ha-ne-KHAR ve-ha-ba-MOT
- sentence
va-ya-SAR et-miz-be-KHOT ha-ne-KHAR ve-ha-ba-MOT va-ye-shab-BER et-ha-mats-tse-VOT va-ye-gad-DA et-ha-a-she-RIM
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} introduces each specific cultic object, marking them as definite.
The noun phrase mizbechot hanechar {מִזְבְּחוֹת הַנֵּכָר | miz·bĕ·ḥôt han·nê·ḵār} “the foreign altars” uses an adjective to denote non-Israelite worship.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin–bet–chet
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — 2 Chronicles 14:3
And he removed the foreign altars and the high places, and he broke in pieces the standing stones , and he cut down the Asherim .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 14:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 14:3, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מִזְבְּח֥וֹת (etmizbekhot) 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.14.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.14.3.W2.S1) and character.