2 Kings 23:14:72 Kgs.23.14.W7TAB
עַצְמ֥וֹת
atsmot
“bones of”
- Transliteration
- ats-MOT
- Extended
- ahts-MOHT
- IPA
- /ʕatsˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- bones of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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
ats-MOT
- phraseyour reading level
ats-MOT a-DAM
- clause
va-ye-ma-LE et-me-ko-MAM ats-MOT a-DAM
- sentence
ve-shi-BAR et-ha-mats-tse-VOT va-yik-ROT et-ha-a-she-RIM va-ye-ma-LE et-me-ko-MAM ats-MOT a-DAM
Exegesis
The construct mekomam atsmot adam {מְקוֹמָ֖ם עַצְמ֥וֹת אָדָֽם | mə-qō-mām ʿaṣ-mōṯ ʼā-dām} forms an idiom for desecration by interring human bones at former idol sites. English preserves the triadic aspectual pattern and renders the idiom literally.
Root and etymology
Root‘-ṣ-m
“bone, strength”
In context — 2 Kings 23:14
And he broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah poles, and he filled their place with human bones .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 23:14, so the Hebrew word עַצְמ֥וֹת (atsmot) 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.23.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.14.W7.S1) and character.