2 Kings 23:15:172 Kgs.23.15.W17TAB
נָתָ֑ץ
natats
“he tore down”
- Transliteration
- na-TATS
- Extended
- naa-TATS
- IPA
- /naːˈtˤats/
Meaning by language
- English
- he tore down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
na-TATS
- clause
ve-GAM et-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-VEIT-EL ha-ba-MA a-SHER a-SA ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL GAM et-ha-miz-BE-akh ha-HU ve-et-ha-ba-MA na-TATS
- sentence
ve-GAM et-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-VEIT-EL ha-ba-MA a-SHER a-SA ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL GAM et-ha-miz-BE-akh ha-HU ve-et-ha-ba-MA na-TATS va-yis-ROF et-ha-ba-MA he-DAK le-a-FAR ve-sa-RAF a-she-RA
Exegesis
The adverb gam {גַּם | gam} resumes focus and, together with the demonstrative hahu {הַהוּא | hahûʾ} ‘that’, re-points to the already-described altar and its associated high place before the decisive verb natatz {נָתַץ | nāṭaṣ} ‘he tore down’.
Root and etymology
consonantsnun–tav–tsade
“to pull down”
In context — 2 Kings 23:15
And also the altar that was in Bethel , the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, who caused Israel to sin; also that altar and the high place he tore down. Then he burned the high place, crushed it to dust , and burned the Asherah pole.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:15:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Kings 23:15, so the Hebrew word נָתָ֑ץ (natats) 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.23.15.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.15.W17.S1) and character.