2 Kings 16:3:92 Kgs.16.3.W9TAB
כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙
ketoavot
“according to the abominations of”
- Transliteration
- ke-to-a-VOT
- Extended
- keh-toh-ah-VOHT
- IPA
- /kə.toː.ʕăˈvoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to the abominations of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-to-a-VOT
- clause
ve-GAM et-be-NO he-e-VIR ba-ESH ke-to-a-VOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH o-TAM mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-DE-rekh mal-KHE yis-ra-EL ve-GAM et-be-NO he-e-VIR ba-ESH ke-to-a-VOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH o-TAM mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The simile kəṯōʿăḇōt hagôyīm {כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת הַגּוֹיִ֔ם | kəṯōʿăḇōt ha-gôyīm} ‘like abominations of the nations’ uses ke for comparison to foreign cultic rites.
In context — 2 Kings 16:3
He walked in the way of the kings of Israel and also made his son pass through the fire like the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 16:3, so the Hebrew word כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙ (ketoavot) 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.16.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.3.W9.S1) and character.