2 Kings 17:19:42 Kgs.17.19.W4TAB
אֶת־מִצְוֺ֖ת
etmitsvevot
“{direct object} commandments of”
- Transliteration
- et-mits-VE-vot
- Extended
- eht-mih-tsveh-VOT
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.mitsˈvɔt/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} commandments of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
et-mits-VE-vot
- clause
gam-ye-hu-DA LO sha-MAR et-mits-VE-vot ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem
- sentence
gam-ye-hu-DA LO sha-MAR et-mits-VE-vot ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ye-le-KHU be-khu-KOT yis-ra-EL a-SHER a-SU
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת | ’et} precedes mitsvot {מִצְוֺת | miṣ-vōt}, ‘commandments,’ under the authority of the compound divine name YHWH Eloheihem {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם | Yᵊ-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hê-hem}.
Root and etymology
ṣ-v-htsade–vav–heh
“command”
In context — 2 Kings 17:19
Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God , but they walked in the statutes of Israel that Israel had made.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 17:19, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מִצְוֺ֖ת (etmitsvevot) 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.17.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.19.W4.S1) and character.