2 Chronicles 28:2:82 Chr.28.2.W8TAB
לַבְּעָלִֽים׃
labealim
“for the Baals”
- Transliteration
- la-be-a-LIM
- Extended
- lah-beh-ah-LEEM
- IPA
- /lab.bəʕaːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the Baals
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-be-a-LIM
- clause
ve-GAM ma-SE-khot a-SA la-be-a-LIM
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-dar-KHE mal-KHE yis-re-EL ve-GAM ma-SE-khot a-SA la-be-a-LIM
Exegesis
The verb asah {עָשָׂ֖ה | ʿā-sā} ‘he made’ indicates a completed deliberate act, and the phrase labaalim {לַבְּעָלִֽים | la-ba-ʿā-līm} ‘for the Baals’ specifies the recipients of these images.
Root and etymology
b-ʿ-lb–ʿ–l
“owner, lord”
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:2
And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and he also made cast images for the Baals .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 28:2, so the Hebrew word לַבְּעָלִֽים׃ (labealim) 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.28.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.2.W8.S1) and character.