2 Kings 17:29:82 Kgs.17.29.W8TAB
הַבָּמ֗וֹת
habamot
“the high places”
- Transliteration
- ha-ba-MOT
- Extended
- hah-bah-MOHT
- IPA
- /habbaːˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the high places
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-ba-MOT
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-NI-khu be-VET ha-ba-MOT
- clause
va-ya-NI-khu be-VET ha-ba-MOT a-SHER a-SU ha-sho-me-ro-NIM GOY GOY be-a-re-HEM A-sher HEM yo-she-VIM SHAM
- sentence
va-yih-YU O-sim GOY GOY e-lo-HAV va-ya-NI-khu be-VET ha-ba-MOT a-SHER a-SU ha-sho-me-ro-NIM GOY GOY be-a-re-HEM A-sher HEM yo-she-VIM SHAM
Exegesis
The locative construct in bəḇêt habāmōṯ {בְּבֵ֣ית הַבָּמ֗וֹת | bəḇêṯ habāmōṯ} ‘in the house of the high places’ specifies worship sites, further defined by a restrictive relative clause with ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾăšer} ‘which’.
Root and etymology
b-m-hbet–mem–he
“high place”
In context — 2 Kings 17:29
And each nation made its own gods and set them in the shrines that the Samaritans had built in the cities where they lived.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 17:29, so the Hebrew word הַבָּמ֗וֹת (habamot) 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.17.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.29.W8.S1) and character.