2 Kings 16:17:202 Kgs.16.17.W20TAB
אֲבָנִֽים׃
avanim
“of stones”
- Transliteration
- a-va-NIM
- Extended
- ah-vah-NEEM
- IPA
- /ʔăvaːˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of stones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
a-va-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
mar-TSE-fet a-va-NIM
- clause
va-yit-TEN o-TO AL mar-TSE-fet a-va-NIM
- sentence
va-ye-KA-tsets ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ et-ha-mis-ge-ROT ha-me-kho-NOT va-ya-SAR me-a-le-HEM ve-et-et-ha-ki-YOR ve-et-ha-YAM ho-RID me-AL ha-ba-KAR ha-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER ta-khe-TE-ha va-yit-TEN o-TO AL mar-TSE-fet a-va-NIM
Exegesis
The construct al martsefet avanim {עַל מַרְצֶפֶת֙ אֲבָנִֽים | ʿal mar-ṣe-peṯ ’ă-va-nîm} specifies the new resting place of the Sea.
Root and etymology
י־ם
“sea, large basin”
In context — 2 Kings 16:17
And King Ahaz cut off the frames of the stands, and he removed the basin from upon them, and he brought down the Sea from on top of the bronze oxen which were under it, and he placed it upon a pavement of stones.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:17:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Kings 16:17, so the Hebrew word אֲבָנִֽים׃ (avanim) 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.16.17.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.17.W20.S1) and character.