2 Kings 16:15:292 Kgs.16.15.W29TAB
הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁת
hannekhoshet
“the bronze”
- Transliteration
- han-ne-KHO-shet
- Extended
- hahn-neh-KHOH-sheht
- IPA
- /han.nəˈħoː.ʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the bronze
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
han-ne-KHO-shet
- phraseyour reading level
u-miz-BA-akh han-ne-KHO-shet
- clause
u-miz-BA-akh han-ne-KHO-shet yih-ye-LE le-vak-KER
- sentence
va-ye-tsa-VE-hu va-ye-tsa-VE ha-ME-lekh-a-KHAZ et-u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN le-MOR AL ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ga-DOL ha-ke-TER et-o-LAT-ha-BO-ker ve-et-min-KHAT ha-E-rev ve-et-o-LAT ha-ME-lekh ve-et-min-kha-TO ve-ET o-LAT KAL-AM ha-A-rets u-min-kha-TAM ve-nis-ke-HEM ve-KAL-DAM o-LA ve-KAL-DAM-ZE-vakh a-LAV tiz-ROK u-miz-BA-akh han-ne-KHO-shet yih-ye-LE le-vak-KER
Root and etymology
consonantsnun–chet–shin
“copper, bronze”
In context — 2 Kings 16:15
King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, saying, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering, and the burnt offering of all the people of the land, with their grain offering and their drink offerings. You shall sprinkle all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice on it. But the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire .”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:15:29 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 29 of 2 Kings 16:15, so the Hebrew word הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁת (hannekhoshet) 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.16.15.W29, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.15.W29.S1) and character.