2 Kings 17:8:22 Kgs.17.8.W2TAB
בְּחֻקּ֣וֹת
bekhukot
“in the statutes of”
- Transliteration
- be-khu-KOT
- Extended
- beh-khu-KOHT
- IPA
- /bəħuqˈqoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the statutes of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| 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
be-khu-KOT
- phraseyour reading level
be-khu-KOT ha-go-YIM
- clause
va-YE-le-KHU be-khu-KOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YE-le-KHU be-khu-KOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL u-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL a-SHER A-SU
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bechuqqot hagoyim {בְּחֻקּ֣וֹת הַגּוֹיִ֔ם | bə·ḥuq·qōt ha·gō·yim} ‘in the statutes of the nations’ uses bet to depict immersion within a governing pattern of life, with the construct chain placing authority in “statutes” rather than mere habits.
Root and etymology
consonantsChet–Qof–Qof
“to decree, inscribe”
In context — 2 Kings 17:8
And they walked in the statutes of the nations that the LORD had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel, and in those of the kings of Israel that they had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 17:8, so the Hebrew word בְּחֻקּ֣וֹת (bekhukot) 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.17.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.8.W2.S1) and character.