2 Chronicles 3:8:132 Chr.3.8.W13TAB
זָהָ֣ב
zahav
“gold”
- Transliteration
- za-HAV
- Extended
- zaa-HAAV
- IPA
- /zaːˈhaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- gold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
za-HAV
- phraseyour reading level
za-HAV TOV
- clause
va-ye-kha-PE-hu za-HAV TOV le-khi-ka-RIM SHESH me-OT
- sentence
va-ya-AS ET-BET-KO-desh ha-ko-da-SHIM OR-KO al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-rokh-BO a-MOT e-se-RIM va-ye-kha-PE-hu za-HAV TOV le-khi-ka-RIM SHESH me-OT
Exegesis
The sequence continues with wayyəḥappehû {וַיְחַפֵּ֙הוּ֙ | wayyəḥappehû} ‘he overlaid it’ (Piel imperfect), specifying zāhāv ṭôḇ {זָהָ֣ב ט֔וֹב | zāhāv ṭôḇ} ‘fine gold’.
Root and etymology
z-h-vzayin–he–bet
“gold”
In context — 2 Chronicles 3:8
And he made the Most Holy Place ; it measured twenty cubits by twenty cubits, its length matching the width of the house. He overlaid it with fine gold for six hundred talents .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 3:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 3:8, so the Hebrew word זָהָ֣ב (zahav) 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.3.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.3.8.W13.S1) and character.