2 Kings 23:13:72 Kgs.23.13.W7TAB
לְהַר־הַמַּשְׁחִית֒
leharhamashkhit
“to the mountain of destruction or corruption”
- Transliteration
- le-har-ha-mash-KHIT
- Extended
- leh-hahr-hah-mahsh-KHEET
- IPA
- /ləhar.ham.maʃˈħiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the mountain of destruction or corruption
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-har-ha-mash-KHIT
- phraseyour reading level
mi-MIN le-har-ha-mash-KHIT
- clause
ve-ET-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER al-pe-NE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim a-SHER mi-MIN le-har-ha-mash-KHIT a-SHER ba-NA she-lo-MO ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL le-ash-to-RET shi-KUTS tsi-do-NIM ve-likh-MOSH shi-KUTS mo-AV u-le-mil-KOM to-a-VAT be-NE-a-MON
- sentence
ve-ET-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER al-pe-NE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim a-SHER mi-MIN le-har-ha-mash-KHIT a-SHER ba-NA she-lo-MO ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL le-ash-to-RET shi-KUTS tsi-do-NIM ve-likh-MOSH shi-KUTS mo-AV u-le-mil-KOM to-a-VAT be-NE-a-MON ti-ME ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The prepositional cluster mimin le-har ha-mashkhit {מִימִין לְהַר־הַמַּשְׁחִית | mī-mîn lə-har ha-maš-ḥîṯ} specifies the south side of the Mount of Corruption.
Root and etymology
מ-ש-ח
“to anoint”
In context — 2 Kings 23:13
And the high places that were east of Jerusalem and on the south side of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon, king of Israel, had built for Ashtoreth, the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, and for Milkom, the abomination of the sons of Ammon—the king defiled them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 23:13, so the Hebrew word לְהַר־הַמַּשְׁחִית֒ (leharhamashkhit) 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.23.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.13.W7.S1) and character.