2 Chronicles 14:5:42 Chr.14.5.W4TABWLC 2 Chronicles 14:4
אֶת־הַבָּמ֖וֹת
ethabamot
“the high places”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ba-MOT
- Extended
- eht-hah-baa-MOHT
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hab.baːˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the high places
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
et-ha-ba-MOT
- clause
va-ya-SAR mik-KOL-a-RE ye-hu-DA et-ha-ba-MOT ve-et-ha-kham-ma-NIM
- sentence
va-ya-SAR mik-KOL-a-RE ye-hu-DA et-ha-ba-MOT ve-et-ha-kham-ma-NIM va-tish-KOT ham-mam-la-KHA le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The direct object markers ’et {אֶת־ | ’et} ‘definite direct object marker’ and wə’ēṯ {וְאֵת | wə-’ēṯ} ‘and also marker’ introduce the cultic sites ha-bā-mōt {הַבָּמוֹת | ha-bā-mōt} ‘high places’ and ha-ḥammānîm {הַחַמָּנִים | ha-ḥammānîm} ‘incense altars’.
Root and etymology
ב־מ־ה
“high place, elevation”
In context — 2 Chronicles 14:5
And he removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was calm before him .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 14:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 14:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַבָּמ֖וֹת (ethabamot) 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.14.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.14.5.W4.S1) and character.