2 Kings 23:4:132 Kgs.23.4.W13TAB

אֵ֣ת

et

{direct object marker}

Transliteration
ET
Extended
EET
IPA
/ˈʔeːt/

Meaning by language

English
{direct object marker}

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tavt as in top

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ET

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ET kol-ha-ke-LIM

  3. clause

    va-yetsav ha-ME-lekh et-khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL ve-et-ko-ha-NE ha-mish-NE ve-et-sho-me-RE ha-SAF le-ho-TSI me-he-KHAL ye-ho-VAH ET kol-ha-ke-LIM ha-a-su-YIM la-BA-al ve-la-a-she-RA u-le-KHOL tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim

  4. sentence

    va-yetsav ha-ME-lekh et-khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL ve-et-ko-ha-NE ha-mish-NE ve-et-sho-me-RE ha-SAF le-ho-TSI me-he-KHAL ye-ho-VAH ET kol-ha-ke-LIM ha-a-su-YIM la-BA-al ve-la-a-she-RA u-le-KHOL tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-yis-re-FEM mi-KHUTS li-ru-sha-LA-yim be-shad-MOT kid-RON ve-na-SA et-a-fa-RAM bet-EL

Exegesis

A string of et {אֵ֣ת | ʾet} markers introduces the objects: Chilqiyahu {חִלְקִיָּהוּ | ḥil-qî-yā-hû}, kohanei hamishneh {כֹּהֲנֵי הַמִּשְׁנֶה | kô-hă-nê ha-miš-neh} and shomrei hasaf {שֹׁמְרֵי הַסַּף | šom-rê ha-sap}.

In context2 Kings 23:4

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers to bring out from the temple of the LORD all the vessels that had been made for Baal and for the Asherah and for the host of the heavens. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

About this coordinate

2 Kings 23:4:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 23:4, so the Hebrew word אֵ֣ת (et) 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.23.4.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.4.W13.S1) and character.