2 Chronicles 21:6:102 Chr.21.6.W10TAB
בַּת־אַחְאָ֔ב
batakhav
“daughter of Ahab”
- Transliteration
- bat-a-khAV
- Extended
- baht-ah-khAAV
- IPA
- /bat.ʔaħˈʔaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- daughter of Ahab
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bat-a-khAV
- clause
va-YE-lekh be-DE-rekh mal-KHE yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER a-SU BET a-khAV KI bat-a-khAV ha-ye-TA LO i-SHA
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-DE-rekh mal-KHE yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER a-SU BET a-khAV KI bat-a-khAV ha-ye-TA LO i-SHA va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The causal conjunction ki {כִּ֚י | kî} links his marriage—bat-akhav hayetah lo ishah {בַּת־אַחְאָ֔ב הָ֥יְתָה לּ֖וֹ אִשָּׁ֑ה | baṯ–’aḥ-’āv hā-ye-tāh lō ’iš-šāh}—to his conduct.
Root and etymology
ʾ-chaleph–chet
“brother”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:6
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife, and he did evil in the eyes of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 21:6, so the Hebrew word בַּת־אַחְאָ֔ב (batakhav) 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.21.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.6.W10.S1) and character.