2 Chronicles 23:17:52 Chr.23.17.W5TAB
וְאֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָ֥יו
veetmizbekhotaiv
“and the altars of him”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-miz-be-kho-TAI-v
- Extended
- veh-EET-mihz-beh-khoh-TAA-yiv
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt.miz.bəħoˈt̪aːjv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the altars of him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ET-miz-be-kho-TAI-v
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-miz-be-kho-TAI-v ve-ET-tse-la-MAI-v
- 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
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 23:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 23:17, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָ֥יו (veetmizbekhotaiv) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.17.W5.S1) and character.