2 Kings 17:32:132 Kgs.17.32.W13TAB
הַבָּמֽוֹת׃
havamot
“the high places”
- Transliteration
- ha-va-MOT
- Extended
- hah-vaa-MOHT
- IPA
- /ha.vaːˈmoːt/
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-va-MOT
- phraseyour reading level
be-VEIT ha-va-MOT
- clause
va-ya-a-SU la-HEM mik-tso-TAM ko-ha-NEI va-MOT va-yih-YU o-SIM la-HEM be-VEIT ha-va-MOT
- sentence
va-yih-YU ye-re-IM et-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-a-SU la-HEM mik-tso-TAM ko-ha-NEI va-MOT va-yih-YU o-SIM la-HEM be-VEIT ha-va-MOT
Exegesis
The construct chain miqtsoṯām kōhāney bāmōṯ {מִקְצוֹתָם֙ כֹּהֲנֵ֣י בָמ֔וֹת | miqtsoṯām kōhăney bāmôṯ} ‘priests from among themselves at the high places’ highlights unauthorized selection, and the prepositional phrase beveyt habāmôṯ {בְּבֵ֥ית הַבָּמֽוֹת | bevêyt habāmôṯ} ‘in the house of the high places’ situates the illicit sacrifices at shrine sites, preserving Hebrew word order to underscore the shift from reverence to syncretism.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–mem–heh
“high place, shrine”
In context — 2 Kings 17:32
They feared the LORD , but they also made for themselves from among themselves priests of the high places, and they continually offered sacrifices for them in the house of the high places .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:32:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 17:32, so the Hebrew word הַבָּמֽוֹת׃ (havamot) 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.17.32.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.32.W13.S1) and character.