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

Result
וְ + אֶת + חֲ + מָ֛ת
ve + et + kha + mat
veetkhamat

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Tavt as in top

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-et-kha-MAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    et-dam-ME-sek ve-et-kha-MAT

  3. 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

  4. 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 context2 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.