2 Kings 23:20:32 Kgs.23.20.W3TAB
הַבָּמ֤וֹת
habamot
“the high places”
- Transliteration
- ha-ba-MOT
- Extended
- hah-baa-MOHT
- IPA
- /hab.baˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the high places
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-ba-MOT
- phraseyour reading level
et-KOL-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT a-sher-SHAM
- clause
va-yiz-BAKH et-KOL-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT a-sher-SHAM al-ha-miz-be-KHOT va-yis-ROF et-ats-MOT a-DAM a-le-HEM
- sentence
va-yiz-BAKH et-KOL-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT a-sher-SHAM al-ha-miz-be-KHOT va-yis-ROF et-ats-MOT a-DAM a-le-HEM va-ya-SHAV ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The construct chain kōhənê habbāmôṯ {כֹּהֲנֵי הַבָּמוֹת | kōhĕnê habbāmôṯ} ‘priests of the high places’ links office and location.
Root and etymology
b-m-hbet–mem–heh
“high place”
In context — 2 Kings 23:20
And he slaughtered all the priests of the high places who were there on the altars, and he burned human bones upon them. Then he returned to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 23:20, so the Hebrew word הַבָּמ֤וֹת (habamot) 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.23.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.20.W3.S1) and character.