2 Kings 17:11:22 Kgs.17.11.W2TAB
בְּכָל־בָּמ֔וֹת
bekholbamot
“on every high place”
- Transliteration
- be-KHOL-ba-MOT
- Extended
- beh-KHOL-baa-MOHT
- IPA
- /bəˈχol.baːˈmoːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- on every high place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
be-KHOL-ba-MOT
- clause
va-ye-kat-TE-ru-SHAM be-KHOL-ba-MOT ka-go-YIM a-SHER-heg-LA Ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE-hem
- sentence
va-ye-kat-TE-ru-SHAM be-KHOL-ba-MOT ka-go-YIM a-SHER-heg-LA Ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE-hem va-ya-a-SU de-va-RIM ra-IM le-hakh-IS ET-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The locative phrase bechol bamot {בְּכָל־בָּמוֹת | bə-ḵāl bāmôṯ} ‘in all the high places’ emphasizes the widespread nature of the act.
Root and etymology
b-m-hbet–mem–he
“high place”
In context — 2 Kings 17:11
And they burned incense there in all the high places like the nations whom the LORD had exiled from before them, and they did evil things to provoke the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 17:11, so the Hebrew word בְּכָל־בָּמ֔וֹת (bekholbamot) 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.17.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.11.W2.S1) and character.