2 Chronicles 23:9:52 Chr.23.9.W5TAB
הַמֵּא֗וֹת
hameot
“the hundreds”
- Transliteration
- ha-me-OT
- Extended
- hah-meh-OHT
- IPA
- /ham.meːʔˈoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the hundreds
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ha-me-OT
- phraseyour reading level
le-sa-RE ha-me-OT
- clause
va-yit-TEN ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN le-sa-RE ha-me-OT et-ha-kha-ni-TIM ve-et-ha-ma-gi-NOT ve-et-ha-she-la-TIM a-SHER la-ME-lekh da-VID
- sentence
va-yit-TEN ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN le-sa-RE ha-me-OT et-ha-kha-ni-TIM ve-et-ha-ma-gi-NOT ve-et-ha-she-la-TIM a-SHER la-ME-lekh da-VID a-SHER BET ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The phrase lesarei hameot {לְשָׂרֵי הַמֵּאוֹת | lə-śā-rê ham-mê-ōṯ} ‘to the commanders of the hundreds’ forms a construct chain linking the office to a military unit.
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:9
Jehoiada the priest gave the commanders of the hundreds the spears, the shields, and the bucklers that belonged to King David and were kept in the house of God .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 23:9, so the Hebrew word הַמֵּא֗וֹת (hameot) 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.23.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.9.W5.S1) and character.