2 Chronicles 8:5:72 Chr.8.5.W7TAB
הַתַּחְתּ֑וֹן
hattakhton
“the lower”
- Transliteration
- hat-takh-TON
- Extended
- haht-tahkh-TOHN
- IPA
- /hat.taħˈtoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the lower
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hat-takh-TON
- clause
va-yiv-BEN et-BET kho-RON ha-el-YON ve-et-BET kho-RON hat-takh-TON
- sentence
va-yiv-BEN et-BET kho-RON ha-el-YON ve-et-BET kho-RON hat-takh-TON a-RE ma-TSOR kho-MOT de-la-TA-yim u-ve-ri-AKH
Exegesis
The direct objects et-beit khoron ha-elyon {אֶת־בֵּת חוֹרוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן | ʾeṯ-bêṯ ḥôrôn hā-ʿelyôṉ} ‘the house of Horon the upper’ and wə-ʾeṯ-bêṯ khoron ha-takhton {וְאֶת־בֵּת חוֹרוֹן הַתַּחְתּוֹן | wə-ʾeṯ-bêṯ ḥôrôn ha-taḥtôṉ} ‘and the house of Horon the lower’ are introduced by conjunction.
In context — 2 Chronicles 8:5
And he built Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities , with walls, gates , and bars.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 8:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 8:5, so the Hebrew word הַתַּחְתּ֑וֹן (hattakhton) 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.8.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.8.5.W7.S1) and character.