2 Kings 22:6:72 Kgs.22.6.W7TAB
מַחְצֵ֔ב
makhetsav
“quarrying or quarry”
- Transliteration
- ma-khe-TSAV
- Extended
- mah-kheh-TSEHV
- IPA
- /maħˈtseːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- quarrying or quarry
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-khe-TSAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-av-NEI ma-khe-TSAV
- clause
ve-lik-NOT E-tsim ve-av-NEI ma-khe-TSAV le-kha-ZEK ET-ha-BA-yit
- sentence
le-kha-ra-SHIM ve-la-BO-nim ve-la-GO-de-RIM ve-lik-NOT E-tsim ve-av-NEI ma-khe-TSAV le-kha-ZEK ET-ha-BA-yit
Exegesis
The juxtaposition of etzim {עֵצִים | ʿē-ṣîm} ‘wood’ and avnei machatzeb {וְאַבְנֵי מַחְצֵב | wə-av-nê makh-ṣê-ḇ} ‘and stones of quarry’ employs a construct chain to specify material type and source.
In context — 2 Kings 22:6
To the craftsmen, and to the builders, and to the masons , and to purchase timber and quarried stones to strengthen the house .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 22:6, so the Hebrew word מַחְצֵ֔ב (makhetsav) 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.22.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.6.W7.S1) and character.