2 Kings 16:18:42 Kgs.16.18.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁר־בָּנ֣וּ
asherbanu
“which they built”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-ba-NU
- Extended
- ah-sher-baa-NOO
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.baˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which they built
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-sher-ba-NU
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-ba-NU ba-BA-yit
- clause
ve-ET-mi-sakh MU-sakh ha-sha-BAT a-sher-ba-NU ba-BA-yit ve-ET-me-VO ha-ME-lekh ha-khi-tso-NA he-SEV BET Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ET-mi-sakh MU-sakh ha-sha-BAT a-sher-ba-NU ba-BA-yit ve-ET-me-VO ha-ME-lekh ha-khi-tso-NA he-SEV BET Ye-ho-VAH mi-pe-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾăšer-bānû {אֲשֶׁר־בָּנוּ | ʾăšer-bānû} ‘which they built’ attaches to the Sabbath structure and anchors it “in the house” (the temple complex).
In context — 2 Kings 16:18
And the Sabbath covered way that they had built in the house, and the king’s outer entrance, he diverted from the house of the LORD because of the king of Assyria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 16:18, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־בָּנ֣וּ (asherbanu) 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.16.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.18.W4.S1) and character.