2 Kings 16:4:32 Kgs.16.4.W3TAB
בַּבָּמ֖וֹת
babamot
“on the high places”
- Transliteration
- ba-ba-MOT
- Extended
- bah-baa-MOHT
- IPA
- /babbaːˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the high places
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ba-ba-MOT
- clause
va-yezab-BE-akh va-ye-kat-TER ba-ba-MOT ve-AL-ha-ge-va-OT
- sentence
va-yezab-BE-akh va-ye-kat-TER ba-ba-MOT ve-AL-ha-ge-va-OT ve-TA-khat KAL-ETS ra-a-NAHN
Exegesis
The locative prepositional phrase babamot {בַּבָּמ֖וֹת | ba-ba-mō-wôt} ‘at the high places’ introduces the setting, refined by ve-al-hagvaot {וְעַל־הַגְּבָע֑וֹת | wə-ʻal-ha-ɡə-wā-ʼōṯ} ‘and on the hills’.
In context — 2 Kings 16:4
He also sacrificed and burned incense at the high places , on the hills , and beneath every green tree.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 16:4, so the Hebrew word בַּבָּמ֖וֹת (babamot) 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.16.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.4.W3.S1) and character.