2 Kings 15:35:92 Kgs.15.35.W9TAB
בַּבָּמ֑וֹת
babamot
“in the high places”
- Transliteration
- ba-ba-MOT
- Extended
- bah-baa-MOHT
- IPA
- /babbaːˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the high places
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ba-ba-MOT
- clause
RAK ha-ba-MOT LO sa-RU OD ha-AM me-zab-be-KHIM u-me-kat-te-RIM ba-ba-MOT
- 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
Rootbet–mem–heh
“high place, elevation”
In context — 2 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 15:35:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 15:35, so the Hebrew word בַּבָּמ֑וֹת (babamot) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.35.W9.S1) and character.