2 Chronicles 7:8:32 Chr.7.8.W3TAB
אֶת־הֶ֠חָג
ethekhag
“{direct object} the feast”
- Transliteration
- ET-he-KHAG
- Extended
- EHT-heh-KHAAG
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hɛˈħaːɡ/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} the feast
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-he-KHAG
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS she-lo-MO ET-he-KHAG
- clause
va-ya-AS she-lo-MO ET-he-KHAG ba-ET ha-HI shiv-AT ya-MIM ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL im-MO ka-HAL ga-DOL me-OD
- sentence
va-ya-AS she-lo-MO ET-he-KHAG ba-ET ha-HI shiv-AT ya-MIM ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL im-MO ka-HAL ga-DOL me-OD mil-le-VO kha-MAT ad-NA-khal mits-ra-YIM
Exegesis
The particle ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks ḥāg {הֶ֠חָג | ḥāg} ‘festival’ as the direct object.
Root and etymology
Rootch-g-g
“to celebrate, keep a festival”
In context — 2 Chronicles 7:8
And Solomon held the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel was with him in a very great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the wadi of Egypt.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 7:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 7:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הֶ֠חָג (ethekhag) 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.7.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.7.8.W3.S1) and character.