2 Kings 23:3:52 Kgs.23.3.W5TAB
אֶֽת־הַבְּרִ֣ית
ethaberit
“the covenant”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-be-RIT
- Extended
- eht-hah-beh-REET
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hab.bəˈriːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the covenant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
et-ha-be-RIT
- phraseyour reading level
va-yikh-ROT et-ha-be-RIT lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD ha-ME-lekh al-ha-a-MUD va-yikh-ROT et-ha-be-RIT lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH la-LE-khet a-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH ve-lish-MOR mits-vo-TAI-v ve-et-e-de-vo-TAI-v ve-et-khu-kko-TAI-v be-khol-LEV u-ve-khol-NE-fesh le-ha-KIM et-div-RE ha-be-RIT ha-ZOT ha-khe-tu-VIM al-ha-SE-fer ha-ZE
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD ha-ME-lekh al-ha-a-MUD va-yikh-ROT et-ha-be-RIT lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH la-LE-khet a-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH ve-lish-MOR mits-vo-TAI-v ve-et-e-de-vo-TAI-v ve-et-khu-kko-TAI-v be-khol-LEV u-ve-khol-NE-fesh le-ha-KIM et-div-RE ha-be-RIT ha-ZOT ha-khe-tu-VIM al-ha-SE-fer ha-ZE va-ya-a-MOD kol-ha-AM ba-be-RIT
Exegesis
The direct object marker (et-habberit {אֶת־הַבְּרִית | ’et-habbə-rîṯ}) introduces the covenant, followed by infinitive constructs (lalechet achar YHWH {לָלֶכֶת אַחַר יְהוָה | lāleḵeṯ ’aḥar Yəhōwāh} ‘to walk after the LORD’ and velishmor mitzvotav {וְלִשְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתָיו | wə-lišmōr miṣwōṯāyw} ‘and to keep His commandments’) that define covenant obligations.
Root and etymology
b-r-tbet-resh-tav
“to bind”
In context — 2 Kings 23:3
And the king stood upon the pillar and made the covenant before the LORD , to walk after the LORD and to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes with all the heart and all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that were written upon this book; and all the people stood in the covenant.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 23:3, so the Hebrew word אֶֽת־הַבְּרִ֣ית (ethaberit) 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.23.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.3.W5.S1) and character.