2 Kings 17:33:42 Kgs.17.33.W4TAB
וְאֶת־אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙
veetelohehem
“and their gods”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-e-lo-HE-hem
- Extended
- veh-eht-eh-loh-HEE-hem
- IPA
- /vəʔɛt.ʔɛloːheːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their gods
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-e-lo-HE-hem
- clause
ve-et-e-lo-HE-hem ha-YU o-veh-DIM ke-mish-PAT ha-go-YIM a-sher-hig-LU o-TAM mi-SHAM
- sentence
et-Ye-ho-VAH ha-YU ye-re-IM ve-et-e-lo-HE-hem ha-YU o-veh-DIM ke-mish-PAT ha-go-YIM a-sher-hig-LU o-TAM mi-SHAM
Exegesis
The same object-fronting pattern recurs with ve-et-eloheihem {וְאֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶם | wə-ʾeṯ-ʾĕlōhêhem}, creating a deliberate parallelism: two objects, two ongoing postures.
Root and etymology
h-y-h
“to be, to exist”
In context — 2 Kings 17:33
They feared the LORD and they served their gods according to the custom of the nations from which they had been deported.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:33:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 17:33, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙ (veetelohehem) 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.17.33.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.33.W4.S1) and character.