2 Kings 22:8:92 Kgs.22.8.W9TAB
מָצָ֖אתִי
matsati
“I have found”
- Transliteration
- ma-TSA-ti
- Extended
- maa-TSAA-tih
- IPA
- /maːˈtsaː.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have found
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ma-TSA-ti
- clause
va-YO-mer khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL al-sha-FAN ha-so-FER SE-fer ha-to-RA ma-TSA-ti be-VET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL al-sha-FAN ha-so-FER SE-fer ha-to-RA ma-TSA-ti be-VET ye-ho-VAH va-yit-TEN khil-ki-YA et-ha-SE-fer el-sha-FAN va-yik-ra-E-hu
Exegesis
Sefer hatorah {סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה | sê-per ha-tō-rāh} forms a construct chain ‘scroll of the law,’ the object of matzati {מָצָאתִי | mā-ṣā-ʾtî}.
In context — 2 Kings 22:8
And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found a scroll of the law in the house of the LORD .” And Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan, and he read it.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 22:8, so the Hebrew word מָצָ֖אתִי (matsati) 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.22.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.8.W9.S1) and character.