2 Chronicles 23:8:212 Chr.23.8.W21TAB
אֶת־הַֽמַּחְלְקֽוֹת׃
ethamakhlekhot
“{direct object} the divisions”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-makh-le-KHOT
- Extended
- eht-hah-mahkh-leh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hammɑħlɛˈqoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} the divisions
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| 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
et-ha-makh-le-KHOT
- clause
KI LO pa-TAR ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-makh-le-KHOT
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU hal-ve-YIM ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA ke-KHOL a-SHER-tsi-VA ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN va-yik-KHU ISH et-a-na-SHAV ba-E ha-sha-BAT IM yo-tse-E ha-sha-BAT KI LO pa-TAR ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-makh-le-KHOT
Exegesis
The phrase kî lō pāṭar {כִּי לֹא פָטַר | kî lō pāṭar} ‘for he did not release’ with 'et ha-maḥləqōṯ {אֶת־הַמַּחְלְקוֹת | 'et ha-maḥləqōṯ} ‘the divisions’ underscores that no shift was excused.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-qchet–lamed–qof
“to divide, apportion”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:8
The Levites and all Judah carried out everything Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each man took his men—those scheduled to come on the Sabbath together with those scheduled to go out on the Sabbath—because Jehoiada the priest had not dismissed the divisions .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:8:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 2 Chronicles 23:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַֽמַּחְלְקֽוֹת׃ (ethamakhlekhot) 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.23.8.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.8.W21.S1) and character.