2 Chronicles 34:4:52 Chr.34.4.W5TAB
הַבְּעָלִ֔ים
habealim
“the Baals”
- Transliteration
- ha-be-a-LIM
- Extended
- hah-beh-ah-LEEM
- IPA
- /hab.bə.ʕaːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Baals
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-be-a-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
miz-be-KHOT ha-be-a-LIM
- clause
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
- sentence
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
b-'-lbet–ayin–lamed
“lord, master”
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 34:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 34:4, so the Hebrew word הַבְּעָלִ֔ים (habealim) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.34.4.W5.S1) and character.