2 Chronicles 33:3:32 Chr.33.3.W3TAB
אֶת־הַבָּמ֔וֹת
ethabamot
“{direct object} the high places”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ba-MOT
- Extended
- eht-hah-baa-MOHT
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hab.baˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} the high places
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-ba-MOT
- clause
va-ya-SHAV va-yi-VEN et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER ni-TATS ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu a-VIV
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV va-yi-VEN et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER ni-TATS ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu a-VIV va-ya-KEM miz-be-KHOT lab-be-a-LIM va-ya-AS a-she-ROT va-yish-ta-KHU le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-a-VOD o-TAM
Exegesis
The compound et ha-bamot {אֶת־הַבָּמוֹת | ʾet-hab-bā-môṯ} unites the direct object marker with “high places,” highlighting the focus of his actions.
Root and etymology
ב־מ־ה
“high place”
In context — 2 Chronicles 33:3
And he returned and rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had demolished, and he erected altars to the Baals and made Asherahs. He bowed down to all the host of the heavens and served them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 33:3:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 33:3, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַבָּמ֔וֹת (ethabamot) 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.33.3.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.33.3.W3.S1) and character.