2 Kings 15:9:102 Kgs.15.9.W10TAB
מֵֽחַטֹּאות֙
mekhatoot
“from the sins of”
- Transliteration
- me-kha-to-OT
- Extended
- mee-khah-toh-OHT
- IPA
- /meːħaṭ.ṭoˈʔoːt/
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-to-OT
- clause
LO SAR me-kha-to-OT ya-ra-ve-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 ka-a-SHER a-SU a-vo-TA-v LO SAR me-kha-to-OT ya-ra-ve-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The negation lo sar {לֹא סָר | lōʾ sār} ‘he did not turn aside’ followed by mechatto’t {מֵחַטֹּאות | mê-ḥaṭ-ṭō-ʾōṯ} ‘from the sins of’ underscores persistent sin.
Root and etymology
consonantshet–tet–aleph
“to miss, to sin”
In context — 2 Kings 15:9
And he committed what was evil in the sight of the LORD , just as his fathers had done. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to sin .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 15:9, so the Hebrew word מֵֽחַטֹּאות֙ (mekhatoot) 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.15.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.9.W10.S1) and character.