2 Kings 18:16:32 Kgs.18.16.W3TAB
קִצַּ֨ץ
kitsats
“he cut off”
- Transliteration
- ki-TSATS
- Extended
- kih-TSATS
- IPA
- /qitˈtsats/
Meaning by language
- English
- he cut off
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-TSATS
- phraseyour reading level
ki-TSATS khiz-ki-YA
- clause
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
- sentence
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
Exegesis
The main predicate kitsats {קִצַּץ | qiṣṣaṣ} ‘he cut off’ is followed by two coordinated direct objects marked with ʾeṯ: et-daltot heikhal YHWH {אֶת־דַּלְת֨וֹת הֵיכַ֤ל יְהוָה | ʾeṯ-daltôṯ hêḵāl Yə-hō-wāh} ‘the doors of the temple of the LORD’ and ve'et-ha'omnot {וְאֶת־הָאֹ֣מְנ֔וֹת | wə-ʾeṯ-hā-ʾomnōṯ} ‘and the supports.’
Root and etymology
consonantsqof–tsade–tsade
“to cut off”
In context — 2 Kings 18:16
At that time Hezekiah cut off from the doors of the temple of the LORD and from the supports which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and he gave them to the king of Assyria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 18:16, so the Hebrew word קִצַּ֨ץ (kitsats) 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.18.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.16.W3.S1) and character.