2 Kings 21:3:222 Kgs.21.3.W22TAB
אֹתָֽם׃
otam
“them”
- Transliteration
- o-TAM
- Extended
- oh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʔoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
o-TAM
- 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 direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾet} introduces the definite object ha-bamot {הַבָּמוֹת | ha-ḇā-mōṯ} ‘the high places’, denoting unauthorized worship sites.
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 21:3:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 2 Kings 21:3, so the Hebrew word אֹתָֽם׃ (otam) 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.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.3.W22.S1) and character.