2 Kings 16:18:62 Kgs.16.18.W6TAB
וְאֶת־מְב֤וֹא
veetmevo
“and the entrance”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-me-VO
- Extended
- veh-EET-meh-VOH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt.məˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the entrance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-me-VO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-me-VO ha-ME-lekh
- 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 verse opens with a fronted series of objects marked by repeated wə-ʾet {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet} ‘and (definite direct object marker)’, signaling that multiple temple features are affected before the main verb appears.
Root and etymology
consonantsBet–Vav–Aleph
“to come in, enter”
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 16:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 16:18, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־מְב֤וֹא (veetmevo) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.18.W6.S1) and character.