2 Chronicles 33:7:22 Chr.33.7.W2TAB
אֶת־פֶּ֥סֶל
etpesel
“{direct object} the carved image”
- Transliteration
- et-PE-sel
- Extended
- eht-PEH-sehl
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ˈpɛsɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} the carved image
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
et-PE-sel
- phraseyour reading level
et-PE-sel ha-SE-mel
- clause
va-ya-SEM et-PE-sel ha-SE-mel a-SHER a-SA
- sentence
va-ya-SEM et-PE-sel ha-SE-mel a-SHER a-SA be-VET ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER a-MAR e-lo-HIM el-da-VID ve-el-she-lo-MO ve-NO ba-BA-yit ha-ZE u-vi-ru-sha-LA-im a-SHER ba-KHAR-ti mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-SIM et-she-MI le-e-LOM
Exegesis
The noun pesel {פֶּסֶל | pe-se-l} ‘idol’ is specified by the definite ha-sê-mel {הַסֶּמֶל | ha-sê-mel} ‘the image’ and bound to its maker through the relative clause ăšer ʿā-sāh {אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה | ă-šer ʿā-sāh} ‘which he had made’.
Root and etymology
p-s-l
“to carve”
In context — 2 Chronicles 33:7
And he placed the carved image that he had made in the house of God , of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 33:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 33:7, so the Hebrew word אֶת־פֶּ֥סֶל (etpesel) 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.33.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.33.7.W2.S1) and character.