2 Chronicles 34:3:212 Chr.34.3.W21TAB
וְהַפְּסִלִ֖ים
vehapselim
“and the carved images”
- Transliteration
- ve-hap-se-LIM
- Extended
- veh-hahp-seh-LEEM
- IPA
- /vəhap.səˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the carved images
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hap-se-LIM
- clause
u-vish-TEIM es-RE sha-NA he-KHEL le-ta-HER ET-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im min-ha-ba-MOT ve-ha-a-she-RIM ve-hap-se-LIM ve-ham-ma-se-KHOT
- sentence
u-vish-mo-NE sha-NIM le-mal-KHO ve-HU o-DE-nu NA-ar he-KHEL lid-ROSH le-e-lo-HE da-VID a-VIV u-vish-TEIM es-RE sha-NA he-KHEL le-ta-HER ET-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im min-ha-ba-MOT ve-ha-a-she-RIM ve-hap-se-LIM ve-ham-ma-se-KHOT
Exegesis
The coordinated list minn habāmōṯ wə-hā-ʾašrîm wə-happəsîlîm wə-hammassēkôṯ {מִן־הַבָּמוֹת וְהָאֲשֵׁרִים וְהַפְּסִלִים וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת | minn ha-bā-mōṯ wə-hā-ʾa-šrîm wə-hap-pə-sî-lîm wə-ham-ma-sē-kôṯ} ‘from the high places, the Asherim, the idols, and the molten images’ underscores the scope of Josiah’s cultic reforms.
Root and etymology
פ–ס–לp-s-l
“to carve, idol”
In context — 2 Chronicles 34:3
And in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, the Asherim , the idols, and the molten images.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 34:3:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 2 Chronicles 34:3, so the Hebrew word וְהַפְּסִלִ֖ים (vehapselim) 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.34.3.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.34.3.W21.S1) and character.