2 Chronicles 14:3:42 Chr.14.3.W4TABWLC 2 Chronicles 14:2
וְהַבָּמ֑וֹת
vehabamot
“and the high places”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ba-MOT
- Extended
- veh-hah-baa-MOOT
- IPA
- /vəhabbɑːˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the high places
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-ba-MOT
- 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
Bamot {בָּמוֹת | bā·mōṯ} refers to elevated shrines on hills, while matsevot {מַּצֵּבֹת | mat·tsê·bō·ṯ} are stone monuments and Asherim {אֲשֵׁרִים | ’ă·šê·rîm} are wooden cultic poles or trees. The Piel stem’s intensification underscores the king’s zealous eradication of idolatrous sites.
Root and etymology
ב־מ־ה
“high place, elevation”
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 14:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 14:3, so the Hebrew word וְהַבָּמ֑וֹת (vehabamot) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.14.3.W4.S1) and character.