בְּחוֹמַ֨ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּחוֹמַ֨ת

   be-kho-MAT

   in the wall of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּפְרֹץ֩ בְּחוֹמַ֨ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם

   va-yif-ROTS be-kho-MAT ye-ru-sha-LA-im

   and he broke through in the wall of Jerusalem
3. clause🔊 ויבאו וַיָּבֹא֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַיִּפְרֹץ֩ בְּחוֹמַ֨ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם בְּשַׁ֤עַר אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ עַד־שַׁ֣עַר הַפִּנָּ֔ה אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת אַמָּֽה׃

   ve-ya-VO-u va-ya-VO ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yif-ROTS be-kho-MAT ye-ru-sha-LA-im be-SHA-ar e-fra-YIM ad-SHA-ar ha-pin-NA ar-BA me-OT a-MA

   and they came and he came Jerusalem and he broke through in the wall of Jerusalem at the gate of Ephraim as far as the gate of the corner four hundreds of cubit
4. sentence🔊 וְאֵת֩ אֲמַצְיָ֨הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֜ה בֶּן־יְהוֹאָ֣שׁ בֶּן־אֲחַזְיָ֗הוּ תָּפַ֛שׂ יְהוֹאָ֥שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּבֵ֣ית שָׁ֑מֶשׁ ויבאו וַיָּבֹא֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַיִּפְרֹץ֩ בְּחוֹמַ֨ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם בְּשַׁ֤עַר אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ עַד־שַׁ֣עַר הַפִּנָּ֔ה אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת אַמָּֽה׃

   ve-ET a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA ben-ye-ho-ASH ben-a-khaz-ya-HU ta-FAS ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-VET sha-MESH ve-ya-VO-u va-ya-VO ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yif-ROTS be-kho-MAT ye-ru-sha-LA-im be-SHA-ar e-fra-YIM ad-SHA-ar ha-pin-NA ar-BA me-OT a-MA

   and Amaziah king of Judah son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah he seized Jehoash king of Israel at the house of Shemesh and they came and he came Jerusalem and he broke through in the wall of Jerusalem at the gate of Ephraim as far as the gate of the corner four hundreds of cubit

Exegesis

Spatial relations are defined by bə-bēt šemeš {בְּבֵית־שֶׁמֶשׁ | bə-bēt šemeš} ‘at Beth Shemesh’, then bə-ḥōmāṯ yərūšālayim {בְּחוֹמַת יְרוּשָׁלִַם | bə-ḥōmāṯ yərūšālayim} ‘in the wall of Jerusalem’, with endpoints be-šaʿar ʾeprāyim {בְּשַׁעַר אֶפְרַיִם | bə-šaʿar ʾeprāyim} ‘from the Ephraim Gate’ and ʿad-šaʿar hapinnāh {עַד־שַׁעַר הַפִּנָּה | ʿad-šaʿar hapinnāh} ‘to the Corner Gate’.