2 Chronicles 23:17:142 Chr.23.17.W14TAB
הַֽמִּזְבְּחֽוֹת׃
hammizbekhot
“the altars”
- Transliteration
- ham-miz-be-KHOT
- Extended
- hahm-mihz-beh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /ham.miz.bəˈħoːt̪/
Meaning by language
- English
- the altars
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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
ham-miz-be-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NE ham-miz-be-KHOT
- clause
ve-ET ma-TAN ko-HEN ha-AL hor-GU lif-NE ham-miz-be-KHOT
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u khol-ha-AM bet-ha-AL va-yit-tse-TU-hu ve-ET-miz-be-kho-TAI-v ve-ET-tse-la-MAI-v shi-BE-ru ve-ET ma-TAN ko-HEN ha-AL hor-GU lif-NE ham-miz-be-KHOT
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lifnei ha-mizbechot {לִפְנֵי הַמִּזְבְּחוֹת | lif-nê ha-miz-be-ḥō-ṯ} places Mattan’s execution at the cultic center. English syntax preserves the Hebrew chaining and verb order to maintain narrative momentum.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin–bet–ḥet
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:17
All the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down; they smashed his altars and his images , and they killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:17:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 23:17, so the Hebrew word הַֽמִּזְבְּחֽוֹת׃ (hammizbekhot) 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.23.17.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.17.W14.S1) and character.