2 Chronicles 34:4:32 Chr.34.4.W3TAB
אֵ֚ת
et
- Transliteration
- ET
- Extended
- EET
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt/
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
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va-ye-nat-TSU le-fa-NAV ET miz-be-KHOT ha-be-a-LIM ve-ha-kham-ma-NIM a-SHER-le-ma-LA me-e-le-HEM gid-DE-a
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va-ye-nat-TSU le-fa-NAV ET miz-be-KHOT ha-be-a-LIM ve-ha-kham-ma-NIM a-SHER-le-ma-LA me-e-le-HEM gid-DE-a ve-ha-a-she-RIM ve-hap-se-LIM ve-ham-mas-se-KHOT shib-BAR ve-he-DAK va-yiz-ROK al-pe-NE hak-ke-va-RIM ha-zo-ve-KHIM la-HEM
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֵת | ʾēt} identifies mizbechot habbe'alim {מִזְבְּחוֹת הַבְּעָלִים | mizbəḥōṯ habbəlāʿīm} ‘the altars of the Baals’ as the target.
Root and etymology
m-ṣ-ʾmem–ṣade–aleph
“to find”
In context — 2 Chronicles 34:4
And they tore down the altars of the Baals before him, cut down the incense altars that were above them, and broke in pieces the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images, grinding them to dust; then they scattered the dust over the graves of the sacrificers .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 34:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 34:4, so the Hebrew word אֵ֚ת (et) 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.34.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.34.4.W3.S1) and character.