2 Kings 14:28:112 Kgs.14.28.W11TAB
וְאֶת־חֲמָ֛ת
veetkhamat
“and Hamath”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-kha-MAT
- Extended
- veh-eht-khah-MAAT
- IPA
- /wəʔɛt.ħăˈmaːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Hamath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ve-et-kha-MAT
- phraseyour reading level
et-dam-ME-sek ve-et-kha-MAT
- clause
ve-YE-ter div-RE ya-rav-AM ve-khol-a-SHER a-SA u-ge-vu-ra-TO a-sher-nil-KHAM va-a-SHER he-SHIV et-dam-ME-sek ve-et-kha-MAT li-ye-hu-DA be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE ya-rav-AM ve-khol-a-SHER a-SA u-ge-vu-ra-TO a-sher-nil-KHAM va-a-SHER he-SHIV et-dam-ME-sek ve-et-kha-MAT li-ye-hu-DA be-yis-ra-EL ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The direct object markers et {אֶת־ | ’et} with Dammesek {דַּמֶּשֶׂק | dam-mes-sek} and veet {וְאֶת־ | və-’et} with Chamat {חֲמָת | ḥa-mat} foreground these strategic cities.
In context — 2 Kings 14:28
And the remainder of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his valor , how he fought, and how he recovered Damascus and Hamath for Israel—territories once belonging to Judah—are they not recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:28:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 14:28, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־חֲמָ֛ת (veetkhamat) 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.14.28.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.28.W11.S1) and character.