2 Kings 16:8:42 Kgs.16.8.W4TAB
וְאֶת־הַזָּהָ֗ב
veethazahav
“and the gold”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-ha-za-HAV
- Extended
- veh-eht-hah-zaa-HAV
- IPA
- /vəʔɛt.haz.zaːˈhaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the gold
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-ha-za-HAV
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-KHAZ et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ha-nim-TSA BET Ye-ho-VAH u-ve-ots-re-OT BET ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-KHAZ et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ha-nim-TSA BET Ye-ho-VAH u-ve-ots-re-OT BET ha-ME-lekh va-yish-LAKH le-ME-lekh-a-SHUR SHO-khad
Exegesis
The compound objects et-ha-kesef {אֶת־הַכֶּ֣סֶף | ’et-ha-ke-sep̄} ‘the silver’ and ve-et-ha-zahav {וְאֶת־הַזָּהָ֗ב | wə-’et-ha-zā-hāḇ} ‘the gold’ are introduced by direct object markers and specified by the participle ha-nimtza {הַנִּמְצָא֙ | ha-nim-ṣāʾ}.
Root and etymology
ז־ה־ב
“gold; precious metal”
In context — 2 Kings 16:8
Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the royal storerooms, and sent it as a present to the king of Assyria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 16:8, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַזָּהָ֗ב (veethazahav) 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.16.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.8.W4.S1) and character.