בָּעֵ֣ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בָּעֵ֣ת

   ba-ET

   at the time
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֗יא

   ba-ET ha-HI

   at the time the that or that one {feminine}
3. clause🔊 בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֗יא קִצַּ֨ץ חִזְקִיָּ֜ה אֶת־דַּלְת֨וֹת הֵיכַ֤ל יְהוָה֙ וְאֶת־הָאֹ֣מְנ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִפָּ֔ה חִזְקִיָּ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה

   ba-ET ha-HI ki-TSATS khiz-ki-YA et-dal-TOT he-KHAL ye-ho-VAH ve-et-ha-om-NOT a-SHER tsi-PA khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA

   at the time the that or that one {feminine} he cut off Hezekiah {direct object} doors of temple of LORD and {direct object} the doorposts which or that he overlaid Hezekiah king of Judah
4. sentence🔊 בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֗יא קִצַּ֨ץ חִזְקִיָּ֜ה אֶת־דַּלְת֨וֹת הֵיכַ֤ל יְהוָה֙ וְאֶת־הָאֹ֣מְנ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִפָּ֔ה חִזְקִיָּ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם לְמֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר׃

   ba-ET ha-HI ki-TSATS khiz-ki-YA et-dal-TOT he-KHAL ye-ho-VAH ve-et-ha-om-NOT a-SHER tsi-PA khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yit-ne-EM le-ME-lekh a-SHUR

   at the time the that or that one {feminine} he cut off Hezekiah {direct object} doors of temple of LORD and {direct object} the doorposts which or that he overlaid Hezekiah king of Judah and he gave them to the king of Assyria

Exegesis

The verse opens with the fronted temporal phrase ba'et hahi {בָּעֵת הַהִיא | bā-ʿēṯ ha-hîʾ} ‘at that time,’ anchoring the action to the immediate crisis context.