2 Kings 21:3:192 Kgs.21.3.W19TAB
לְכָל־צְבָ֣א
lekholtseva
“to all {of} the host of”
- Transliteration
- le-khol-tse-VA
- Extended
- leh-khol-tseh-VAA
- IPA
- /ləχɔl.tsăˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to all {of} the host of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-khol-tse-VA
- phraseyour reading level
le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
va-ya-KEM miz-be-KHOT la-BA-al va-ya-AS a-she-RA ka-a-SHER a-SA akh-AV ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yish-ta-KHU le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-AVOD o-TAM
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV va-yi-VEN et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER i-BAD khiz-ki-YA-hu a-VIV va-ya-KEM miz-be-KHOT la-BA-al va-ya-AS a-she-RA ka-a-SHER a-SA akh-AV ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yish-ta-KHU le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-AVOD o-TAM
Exegesis
The phrase le-kol ṣəḇāʾ haššāmayim {לְכָל־צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם} ‘to all the host of the heavens’ designates astral deities. English renders the Hitpael stem in vayyishtāḥû reflexively as ‘prostrated himself’, preserving its nuance, and integrates the sequence fluidly while reflecting the Hebrew chaining.
Root and etymology
ṣ-b-ʾ
“army, host”
In context — 2 Kings 21:3
And he returned and built the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. And he prostrated himself to all the host of the heavens and served them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:3:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Kings 21:3, so the Hebrew word לְכָל־צְבָ֣א (lekholtseva) 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.21.3.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.3.W19.S1) and character.