2 Chronicles 28:3:82 Chr.28.3.W8TAB
כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙
ketoavot
“according to the abominations of”
- Transliteration
- ke-to-a-VOT
- Extended
- keh-toh-ah-VOHT
- IPA
- /kəto.ʕăˈvoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to the abominations of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ke-to-a-VOT
- clause
va-yav-ER et-ba-NA-v ba-ESH ke-to-a-VOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mip-ne be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-HU hik-tiR be-GE ben-hi-NOM va-yav-ER et-ba-NA-v ba-ESH ke-to-a-VOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mip-ne be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The construct keto‘avot haggoyim {כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם | ke-tô-‘ă-ḇōṯ ha-ḡō-yim} links the act with foreign ‘abominations.’
Root and etymology
t-‘-btav–ʿayin–bet
“to abhor”
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:3
And he burned incense in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and made his sons pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had driven out from before the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 28:3, so the Hebrew word כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙ (ketoavot) 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.28.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.3.W8.S1) and character.