2 Kings 21:7:22 Kgs.21.7.W2TAB
אֶת־פֶּ֥סֶל
etpesel
“{direct object} carved image”
- Transliteration
- et-PE-sel
- Extended
- eet-PEH-sel
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ˈpɛsɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} carved image
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
et-PE-sel
- phraseyour reading level
et-PE-sel ha-a-she-RA
- clause
va-ya-SEM et-PE-sel ha-a-she-RA a-SHER a-SA
- sentence
va-ya-SEM et-PE-sel ha-a-she-RA a-SHER a-SA ba-BA-yit a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH el-da-VID ve-el-she-lo-MO be-NO ba-BA-yit ha-ZE u-vi-ru-sha-LA-im a-SHER ba-KHAR-ti mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-SIM et-she-MI le-o-LAM
Exegesis
The particle ʼet {אֶת | ʼet} marks the object pesel hā-ʼă-šêrāh {פֶּסֶל הָאֲשֵׁרָה | pəśel hā-ʼă-šêrāh} ‘idol image of Asherah’.
Root and etymology
Rootpeh–samekh–lamed
“to carve”
In context — 2 Kings 21:7
And he set the carved image of Asherah which he had made in the house , of which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My Name forever.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 21:7, so the Hebrew word אֶת־פֶּ֥סֶל (etpesel) 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.21.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.7.W2.S1) and character.