2 Kings 17:30:22 Kgs.17.30.W2TAB

בָבֶ֗ל

bavel

Babylon

Transliteration
ba-VEL
Extended
baa-VEHL
IPA
/baːˈvɛl/

Meaning by language

English
Babylon

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Result
בָ + בֶ֗ל
ba + vel
bavel

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-VEL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-an-SHE ba-VEL

  3. clause

    ve-an-SHE ba-VEL a-SU et-su-KOT be-NOT ve-an-SHE-KUT a-SU et-ner-GAL

  4. sentence

    ve-an-SHE ba-VEL a-SU et-su-KOT be-NOT ve-an-SHE-KUT a-SU et-ner-GAL ve-an-SHE kha-MAT a-SU et-a-shi-MA

Root and etymology

consonantsBet–Lamed–Lamed

to mix, confuse

In context2 Kings 17:30

And the men from Babylon made Succoth-benoth , and the men from Cuth made Nergal , and the men from Hamath made Ashima.

About this coordinate

2 Kings 17:30:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 17:30, so the Hebrew word בָבֶ֗ל (bavel) 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.17.30.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.30.W2.S1) and character.