2 Chronicles 21:12:32 Chr.21.12.W3TAB

מִכְתָּ֔ב

miktav

a letter

Transliteration
mik-TAV
Extended
mihk-TAAV
IPA
/mɪxˈtaːv/

Meaning by language

English
a letter

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Result
מִכְ + תָּ֔ב
mik + tav
miktav

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    mik-TAV

  2. clause

    va-ya-VO e-LAV mik-TAV me-e-li-YA-hu ha-na-VI le-MOR

  3. sentence

    va-ya-VO e-LAV mik-TAV me-e-li-YA-hu ha-na-VI le-MOR KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE da-VID a-VI-kha TA-khat a-SHER LO-ha-LAKH-ta be-dar-KHE ye-ho-sha-FAT a-VI-kha u-ve-dar-KHE a-SA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA

Exegesis

The locative expression elav miktav {אֵלָיו֙ מִכְתָּ֔ב | ʾēlāyw miḵtāv} marks the recipient and medium.

Root and etymology

Rootkaf–tav–bet

to write

In context2 Chronicles 21:12

A letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, saying, “Thus says the LORD , the God of David your father: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father or in the ways of Asa king of Judah.”

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 21:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 21:12, so the Hebrew word מִכְתָּ֔ב (miktav) 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.21.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.12.W3.S1) and character.