2 Chronicles 4:22:72 Chr.4.22.W7TAB
וּפֶ֣תַח
upetakh
“and the doorway”
- Transliteration
- u-PE-takh
- Extended
- oo-PEH-tahkh
- IPA
- /uːˈpɛ.taħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the doorway
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
u-PE-takh
- phraseyour reading level
u-PE-takh ha-BA-yit
- clause
u-PE-takh ha-BA-yit dal-to-TAV ha-pe-ni-mi-YOT le-KO-desh ha-ko-da-SHIM ve-dal-TE ha-BA-yit la-he-KHAL za-HAV
- sentence
ve-ha-me-zam-ME-rot ve-ha-miz-ra-KOT ve-ha-kap-POT ve-ha-makh-TOT za-HAV sa-GUR u-PE-takh ha-BA-yit dal-to-TAV ha-pe-ni-mi-YOT le-KO-desh ha-ko-da-SHIM ve-dal-TE ha-BA-yit la-he-KHAL za-HAV
Exegesis
The construct petach habayit daltotav hapnimiyot {פֶּ֣תַח הַבַּיִת דַּלְתוֹתָ֨יו הַפְּנִימִיּ֜וֹת | pe-ṭaḥ ha-ba-yiṯ dā-lə-tôṯ-āw ha-pen-nî-mi-yōṯ} precisely specifies ‘entrance of the house—its inner doors’, leading into kodesh hakodashim {קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֗ים | qō-ḏeš ha-qō-ḏā-šîm} ‘Most Holy Place’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 4:22
And the snuffers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and the censers of pure gold, and the entrance of the house—its inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the house for the temple—were of gold.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 4:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 4:22, so the Hebrew word וּפֶ֣תַח (upetakh) 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.4.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.4.22.W7.S1) and character.