2 Kings 21:2:52 Kgs.21.2.W5TAB
כְּתֽוֹעֲבֹת֙
ketoavot
“according to abominations of”
- Transliteration
- ke-to-a-VOT
- Extended
- keh-toh-ah-VOT
- IPA
- /kətoː.ʕăˈvoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to abominations of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ke-to-a-VOT
- clause
ke-to-a-VOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mi-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ke-to-a-VOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mi-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The simile ketôavot hagoyim {כְּתֽוֹעֲבֹת הַגּוֹיִם | kə·tô·‘ă·wō·ṯ ha·gô·yim} “like the abominations of the nations” intensifies the moral condemnation.
Root and etymology
Roottavayinbet
“abominations”
In context — 2 Kings 21:2
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD , like the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out from before the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 21:2, so the Hebrew word כְּתֽוֹעֲבֹת֙ (ketoavot) 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.21.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.2.W5.S1) and character.