2 Kings 13:6:32 Kgs.13.6.W3TAB
מֵחַטֹּ֧אות
mehkhatoot
“from the sins of”
- Transliteration
- meh-kha-TO-ot
- Extended
- meh-khah-TOH-oht
- IPA
- /meː.xaˈtoː.ʔot/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the sins of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
meh-kha-TO-ot
- phraseyour reading level
meh-kha-TO-ot BEIT-ya-rah-ve-AM
- clause
AKH loh-SA-roo meh-kha-TO-ot BEIT-ya-rah-ve-AM a-SHER-heh-kheh-TEE ET-yis-ra-EL BAH ha-LAKH
- sentence
AKH loh-SA-roo meh-kha-TO-ot BEIT-ya-rah-ve-AM a-SHER-heh-kheh-TEE ET-yis-ra-EL BAH ha-LAKH veh-GAM ha-ah-sheh-RA AHM-DA be-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The construct phrase mē-ḥaṭ-ṭōʼ-ōṯ bêt-Yā-rā-ḇō-‘ām {מֵחַטֹּאות בֵּית־יָרָבְעָם | mē-ḥaṭ-ṭōʼ-ōṯ bêṯ-yā-rā-ḇō-‘ām} ‘from the sins of the house of Jeroboam’ ties corporate idolatry to dynastic leadership via the construct chain.
Root and etymology
ḥet-tet-alephḥet–tet–aleph
“to miss the mark, commit sin”
In context — 2 Kings 13:6
Yet they did not turn away from the sins of the house of Jeroboam , which he caused Israel to sin; they walked in them, and the Asherah stood in Samaria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 13:6, so the Hebrew word מֵחַטֹּ֧אות (mehkhatoot) 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 Kgs.13.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.6.W3.S1) and character.