2 Chronicles 17:9:52 Chr.17.9.W5TAB
תּוֹרַ֣ת
torat
“law of”
- Transliteration
- to-RAT
- Extended
- toh-RAHT
- IPA
- /toːˈrat/
Meaning by language
- English
- law of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-RAT
- phraseyour reading level
to-RAT Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-lam-ME-du bi-ye-hu-DA ve-im-MA-hem SE-fer to-RAT Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-lam-ME-du bi-ye-hu-DA ve-im-MA-hem SE-fer to-RAT Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-SO-bu be-khol-a-RE ye-hu-DA va-ye-lam-ME-du ba-AM
Exegesis
The phrase biYehudah {בִּיהוּדָה | bīhūdāh} localizes the activity in Judah, and veimmahem {וְעִמָּהֶם | weʿimmāhem} ‘and with them’ links the teachers to their instrument, sefer torat YHWH {סֵפֶר תּוֹרַת יְהוָה | sêp̄er tôrat Yəhōwāh} ‘Book of the Law of the LORD’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:9
And they taught in Judah, and with them was the Book of the Law of the LORD . They went about through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 17:9, so the Hebrew word תּוֹרַ֣ת (torat) 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.17.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.9.W5.S1) and character.