2 Chronicles 16:10:62 Chr.16.10.W6TAB
הַמַּהְפֶּ֔כֶת
hammahpekhet
“the stocks or the prison”
- Transliteration
- ham-mah-pe-KHET
- Extended
- hahm-mah-heh-peh-KHET
- IPA
- /ham.mah.hə.pɛˈxɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the stocks or the prison
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ham-mah-pe-KHET
- phraseyour reading level
BET ham-mah-pe-KHET
- clause
va-yik-AS a-SA el-ha-ro-E va-yit-ne-HU BET ham-mah-pe-KHET ki-ve-ZA-af i-MO al-ZOT
- sentence
va-yik-AS a-SA el-ha-ro-E va-yit-ne-HU BET ham-mah-pe-KHET ki-ve-ZA-af i-MO al-ZOT va-ye-ra-TSETS a-SA min-ha-AM ba-ET ha-HI
Exegesis
Vayittenehu {וַיִּתְּנֵהוּ | wayyittənēhū} ‘and-he-put-him’ combined with beit-hamahpeket {בֵּית הַמַּהְפֶּכֶת | bêt-hammāhpəqeṯ} ‘house-of-the-stocks’ forms a noun phrase expressing enforced confinement.
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:10
And Asa became angry with the seer and confined him in the house of the stocks , for he was enraged with him over this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 16:10, so the Hebrew word הַמַּהְפֶּ֔כֶת (hammahpekhet) 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.16.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.10.W6.S1) and character.