2 Kings 23:12:12 Kgs.23.12.W1TAB
וְאֶֽת־הַֽמִּזְבְּח֡וֹת
veethamizbekhot
“and the altars”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-ha-miz-be-KHOT
- Extended
- veh-EET-hah-mihz-beh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt.ham.miz.bəˈħoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the altars
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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
ve-ET-ha-miz-be-KHOT
- clause
ve-ET-ha-miz-be-KHOT a-SHER al-ha-GAG a-li-YAT a-KHAZ a-sher-a-SU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA ve-ET-ha-miz-be-KHOT a-sher-a-SA me-na-SHE bish-TE kha-tsre-KHOT BET-ye-ho-VAH na-TATS ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
ve-ET-ha-miz-be-KHOT a-SHER al-ha-GAG a-li-YAT a-KHAZ a-sher-a-SU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA ve-ET-ha-miz-be-KHOT a-sher-a-SA me-na-SHE bish-TE kha-tsre-KHOT BET-ye-ho-VAH na-TATS ha-ME-lekh va-ya-RATS mi-SHAM ve-hish-LIKH et-a-fa-RAM el-na-KHAL kid-RON
Exegesis
The verse begins with ve-et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet} marking the direct objects “altars,” followed by ham-mizbechot {הַמִּזְבְּחוֹת | ha-miz-bê-ḥôṯ} which occurs twice to form a chiastic emphasis.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin–bet–chet
“to slaughter”
In context — 2 Kings 23:12
And the king tore down the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz—the ones the kings of Judah had made—and the altars that Manasseh had built in the two courts of the house of the LORD . He broke them down from there and cast their dust into the Brook Kidron.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 23:12, so the Hebrew word וְאֶֽת־הַֽמִּזְבְּח֡וֹת (veethamizbekhot) 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.23.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.12.W1.S1) and character.