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

Result
הַ + בְּ + עָ + לִ֔ים
ha + be + a + lim
habealim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-be-a-LIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    miz-be-KHOT ha-be-a-LIM

  3. 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

  4. 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 context2 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.