2 Chronicles 23:17:32 Chr.23.17.W3TAB
בֵּית־הַבַּ֙עַל֙
bethaal
“house of the Baal”
- Transliteration
- bet-ha-AL
- Extended
- BEET-hah-AL
- IPA
- /beːt.hab.baˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- house of the Baal
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
bet-ha-AL
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO-u khol-ha-AM bet-ha-AL
- clause
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
- 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 construct beit-habba‘al {בֵּית־הַבַּעַל | bêyt ha-Ba‘al} situates the destruction at Baal’s shrine, while the object marker et {אֶת | ’et} marks each target—mizbechotav {מִזְבְּחֹתָיו | miz-be-ḥō-ṯāw} and tzelamav {צְלָמָיו | tze-lā-māw}—underscoring total eradication of Baal’s cult.
Root and etymology
b-y-tbet–yod–tav
“house, dwelling”
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 23:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 23:17, so the Hebrew word בֵּית־הַבַּ֙עַל֙ (bethaal) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.17.W3.S1) and character.