2 Kings 15:35:72 Kgs.15.35.W7TAB

מְזַבְּחִ֥ים

mezabbekhim

sacrificing

Transliteration
me-zab-be-KHIM
Extended
meh-zahb-beh-KHEEM
IPA
/məzaɓ.ɓəˈħiːm/

Meaning by language

English
sacrificing

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מְ + זַב + בְּ + חִ֥ים
me + zab + be + khim
mezabbekhim

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Zayinz as in zero
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-zab-be-KHIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    me-zab-be-KHIM u-me-kat-te-RIM

  3. clause

    RAK ha-ba-MOT LO sa-RU OD ha-AM me-zab-be-KHIM u-me-kat-te-RIM ba-ba-MOT

  4. sentence

    RAK ha-ba-MOT LO sa-RU OD ha-AM me-zab-be-KHIM u-me-kat-te-RIM ba-ba-MOT HU ba-NA et-SHA-ar BET-ye-ho-VAH ha-el-YON

Exegesis

A participial circumstantial clause ha-am mezabbechim u-me-katterim ba-bamot {הָעָם מְזַבְּחִים וּמְקַטְּרִים בַּבָּמוֹת | hā-ʿām məzabbēḥîm ūməqāṭṭērîm bā-bāmōt} ‘the people sacrificing and burning incense on the high places’ conveys habitual worship.

Root and etymology

consonantsZayin–Bet–Chet

to slaughter for sacrifice

In context2 Kings 15:35

However, the high places were not removed; the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD .

About this coordinate

2 Kings 15:35:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 15:35, so the Hebrew word מְזַבְּחִ֥ים (mezabbekhim) 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.15.35.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.35.W7.S1) and character.