2 Kings 21:5:32 Kgs.21.5.W3TAB
לְכָל־צְבָ֣א
lekholtseva
“for all of the host”
- Transliteration
- le-khol-tse-VA
- Extended
- leh-khohl-tseh-VAA
- IPA
- /ləχɔl.tsəˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for all of the host
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-yi-VEN miz-be-KHOT le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yi-VEN miz-be-KHOT le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim bish-TE kha-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
It is further qualified by the construct lekol tseva hashamayim {לְכָל־צְבָא הַשָּׁמָיִם | lə-kāl-ṣəḇāʾ haššāmayim} ‘to all the host of the heavens’, highlighting the scope of idolatrous worship.
Root and etymology
צ־ב־א
“army, host”
In context — 2 Kings 21:5
And he built altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 21:5, 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.21.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.5.W3.S1) and character.