2 Chronicles 15:17:12 Chr.15.17.W1TAB
וְהַ֨בָּמ֔וֹת
vehabbamot
“and the high places”
- Transliteration
- ve-hab-ba-MOT
- Extended
- veh-hahb-bah-MOHT
- IPA
- /vəhabbɔˈmoːt/
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-hab-ba-MOT
- clause
ve-hab-ba-MOT LO-sa-RU mi-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-hab-ba-MOT LO-sa-RU mi-yis-ra-EL RAK le-vav-a-SA ha-YA sha-LEM kol-ya-MAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunctive vav in ve-habbamot {וְהַבָּמוֹת | wə-habbā-môṯ} ‘the high places,’ linking back to the preceding passage.
Root and etymology
b-m-hbet–mem–he
“high place”
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:17
But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole all his days.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 15:17, so the Hebrew word וְהַ֨בָּמ֔וֹת (vehabbamot) 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.15.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.17.W1.S1) and character.