2 Kings 23:4:162 Kgs.23.4.W16TAB
לַבַּ֣עַל
labaal
“for Baal”
- Transliteration
- la-BA-al
- Extended
- lah-BAA-ahl
- IPA
- /lab.baˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- for Baal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
la-BA-al
- phraseyour reading level
la-BA-al ve-la-a-she-RA
- 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
- 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
In context — 2 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 23:4:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 23:4, so the Hebrew word לַבַּ֣עַל (labaal) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.4.W16.S1) and character.