2 Kings 17:10:32 Kgs.17.10.W3TAB
מַצֵּב֖וֹת
matstsevot
“pillars or standing stones”
- Transliteration
- mats-tse-VOT
- Extended
- mahts-tseh-VOHT
- IPA
- /mat͡s.t͡seːˈvoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- pillars or standing stones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
mats-tse-VOT
- clause
va-yats-TI-vu la-HEM mats-tse-VOT va-a-she-RIM
- sentence
va-yats-TI-vu la-HEM mats-tse-VOT va-a-she-RIM AL kol-giv-A ge-vo-HA ve-TA-khat kol-ETS ra-a-NAN
Exegesis
The coordinated plural objects matsevot {מַצֵּב֖וֹת | maṣṣēḇōṯ} ‘standing-stones’ and waʾăšērîm {וַאֲשֵׁרִים | waʾăšērîm} ‘Asherah poles’ specify distinct idolatrous installations.
In context — 2 Kings 17:10
And they set up for themselves standing-stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 17:10, so the Hebrew word מַצֵּב֖וֹת (matstsevot) 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.17.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.10.W3.S1) and character.