2 Chronicles 25:15:32 Chr.25.15.W3TAB
בַּאֲמַצְיָ֑הוּ
baamatsyahu
“against Amaziah”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-mats-ya-HU
- Extended
- bah-ah-mahts-yah-HOO
- IPA
- /baʔă.mat͡sjaːˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against Amaziah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ba-a-mats-ya-HU
- clause
va-yik-HAR-AF ye-ho-VAH ba-a-mats-ya-HU
- sentence
va-yik-HAR-AF ye-ho-VAH ba-a-mats-ya-HU va-yish-LAKH e-LAV na-VI va-yo-MER LO LAM-ma da-RASH-te et-e-lo-HE ha-AM a-SHER lo-hi-TSI-lu et-AM-mam mi-YA-de-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase b'amatsyahu {בַּאֲמַצְיָהוּ | ba·ʾa·maṣ·yā·ḥū} ‘against Amaziah’ specifies the target of that wrath.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-ṣaleph–mem–tsade
“be strong”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:15
And the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent a prophet to him who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of the people who did not deliver their own people from your hand?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 25:15, so the Hebrew word בַּאֲמַצְיָ֑הוּ (baamatsyahu) 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.25.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.15.W3.S1) and character.