2 Chronicles 4:1:32 Chr.4.1.W3TAB
נְחֹ֔שֶׁת
nekhoshet
“of bronze”
- Transliteration
- ne-KHO-shet
- Extended
- neh-KHOH-sheht
- IPA
- /nəˈħoːʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- of bronze
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ne-KHO-shet
- phraseyour reading level
miz-BE-akh ne-KHO-shet
- clause
va-ya-AS miz-BE-akh ne-KHO-shet e-se-RIM A-ma OR-KHO ve-e-se-RIM a-MA RA-khvo
- sentence
va-ya-AS miz-BE-akh ne-KHO-shet e-se-RIM A-ma OR-KHO ve-e-se-RIM a-MA RA-khvo ve-E-ser a-MOT ko-MA-to
Exegesis
The noun phrase mizbeach {מִזְבַּ֣ח | mizbēaḥ} ‘altar’ is qualified by nechoshet {נְחֹ֔שֶׁת | neḥōšet} ‘bronze.’
Root and etymology
Rootn-ch-sh
“shining metal”
In context — 2 Chronicles 4:1
And he made a bronze altar whose cubits measured twenty in length, twenty in width, and ten in height.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 4:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 4:1, so the Hebrew word נְחֹ֔שֶׁת (nekhoshet) 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.4.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.4.1.W3.S1) and character.