2 Chronicles 17:2:42 Chr.17.2.W4TAB
הַבְּצֻר֑וֹת
habetsurot
“the fortified {ones} or the fortified {cities}”
- Transliteration
- ha-be-tsu-ROT
- Extended
- hah-beh-tsuh-ROOT
- IPA
- /hab.bətsuˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the fortified {ones} or the fortified {cities}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
ha-be-tsu-ROT
- clause
va-yit-TEN-kha-YIL be-KHOL-a-RE ye-hu-DA ha-be-tsu-ROT
- sentence
va-yit-TEN-kha-YIL be-KHOL-a-RE ye-hu-DA ha-be-tsu-ROT va-yit-TEN ne-tsi-VIM be-E-rets ye-hu-DA u-ve-a-RE e-fe-RA-yim a-SHER la-KHAD a-SA a-VI-v
Exegesis
The term khayil {חַיִל | khayil} denotes a military unit, while the prepositional phrase bəkhol-’ārei-Yehudah-habeṣurōt {בְּכָל־עָרֵי יְהוּדָה הַבְּצֻר֑וֹת | bəkhol-’ārei-Yehudah habeṣurōt} constructs “in all the fortified cities of Judah.”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:2
And he stationed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and he placed garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 17:2, so the Hebrew word הַבְּצֻר֑וֹת (habetsurot) 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.17.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.2.W4.S1) and character.