2 Kings 15:4:72 Kgs.15.4.W7TAB
וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים
umekatterim
“and making offerings or burning incense”
- Transliteration
- u-me-kat-TE-rim
- Extended
- oo-meh-kaht-TEH-rihm
- IPA
- /uːməqatːəˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and making offerings or burning incense
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-me-kat-TE-rim
- phraseyour reading level
me-zab-KHIM u-me-kat-TE-rim
- clause
OD ha-AM me-zab-KHIM u-me-kat-TE-rim ba-ba-MOT
- sentence
RAK ha-ba-MOT lo-SA-ru OD ha-AM me-zab-KHIM u-me-kat-TE-rim ba-ba-MOT
Exegesis
Two coordinated Piel participles, mezabbechim {מְזַבְּחִים | məzabbəḥîm} ‘sacrificing’ and u-mekatterim {וּמְקַטְּרִים | ûməqaṭṭərîm} ‘and burning incense,’ portray habitual, ongoing activity rather than a single event.
Root and etymology
consonantsQof–Tet–Resh
“to make smoke, burn incense”
In context — 2 Kings 15:4
Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people still were sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 15:4, so the Hebrew word וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים (umekatterim) 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.15.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.4.W7.S1) and character.