2 Kings 21:7:222 Kgs.21.7.W22TAB
אֶת־שְׁמִ֖י
etshemi
“{direct object} my name”
- Transliteration
- et-she-MI
- Extended
- eet-sheh-MEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʃəˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} my name
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-she-MI
- phraseyour reading level
a-SIM et-she-MI
- clause
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
- 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’.
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 21:7:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 2 Kings 21:7, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שְׁמִ֖י (etshemi) 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.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.7.W22.S1) and character.