2 Kings 21:5:62 Kgs.21.5.W6TAB
חַצְר֥וֹת
khatserot
“courts”
- Transliteration
- kha-tse-ROT
- Extended
- khah-tseh-ROHT
- IPA
- /ħa.tsəˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- courts
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-tse-ROT
- phraseyour reading level
kha-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
bish-TE kha-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH
- 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
The phrase bishtei chatzerot {בִּשְׁתֵּי חַצְרֹות | bištê-ḥaṣrōt} employs the dual form to specify the two courts (inner and outer).
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 21:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 21:5, so the Hebrew word חַצְר֥וֹת (khatserot) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.5.W6.S1) and character.