2 Kings 17:16:102 Kgs.17.16.W10TAB
עֲגָלִ֑ים
agalim
“calves”
- Transliteration
- a-ga-LIM
- Extended
- ah-gah-LEEM
- IPA
- /ʕăɣaːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- calves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ga-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
sha-NIM she-NE a-ga-LIM
- clause
va-ya-ze-VU et-KOL-mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ya-a-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA sha-NIM she-NE a-ga-LIM
- sentence
va-ya-ze-VU et-KOL-mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ya-a-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA sha-NIM she-NE a-ga-LIM va-ya-a-SU a-she-RA va-yish-ta-kha-VU le-KHOL-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-av-DU et-ha-BA-al
In context — 2 Kings 17:16
And they forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves a molten idol of two calves, set up an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the host of heaven, and served Baal .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 17:16, so the Hebrew word עֲגָלִ֑ים (agalim) 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.17.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.16.W10.S1) and character.