2 Kings 15:24:72 Kgs.15.24.W7TAB
מֵֽחַטֹּאות֙
mekhataot
“from the sins of”
- Transliteration
- me-kha-ta-OT
- Extended
- mee-khah-tah-OHT
- IPA
- /meː.ħatːɔˈʔoːt/
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
me-kha-ta-OT
- clause
LO SAR me-kha-ta-OT ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH LO SAR me-kha-ta-OT ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The genitive mē·ḥaṭ·ṭā·’ōṯ yā·rā·ḇā·‘am {מֵֽחַטֹּאות֙ יָרָבְעָ֣ם | mē·ḥaṭ·ṭā·’ōṯ yā·rā·ḇā·‘am} signals inherited patterns of apostasy.
Root and etymology
ח־ט־א
“to miss the mark, sin”
In context — 2 Kings 15:24
And he did the evil in the eyes of the LORD ; he did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to sin.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 15:24, so the Hebrew word מֵֽחַטֹּאות֙ (mekhataot) 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.15.24.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.24.W7.S1) and character.