2 Kings 23:12:122 Kgs.23.12.W12TAB

בִּשְׁתֵּ֛י

bishte

in the two

Transliteration
bish-TE
Extended
bihsh-TEH
IPA
/bɪʃˈteː/

Meaning by language

English
in the two

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בִּשְׁ + תֵּ֛י
bish + te
bishte

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    bish-TE

  2. 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

  3. 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

Two relative clauses introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} with perfect verbs specify the altars on al ha-gagg ʿăl-yat ʾā-ḥāz {עַל־הַגָּג עֲלִיַּת אָחָז | ʿal | ha-gagg | ʿăl-yi-yat | ʾā-ḥāz} “on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz” and those ʿā-sāh men-aš-šeh {עָשָׂה מְנַשֶּׁה | ʿā-sāh | men-aš-šeh} “he made, Manasseh” in bish-tê ḥat-ser-ôṯ bêt yĕ-hō-wāh {בִּשְׁתֵּי חַצְר֥וֹת בֵּית־יְהוָה | bish-tê | ḥat-ser-ôṯ | bêt | yĕ-hō-wāh} “the two courts of the house of YHWH.”

In context2 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 23:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 23:12, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׁתֵּ֛י (bishte) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.12.W12.S1) and character.