2 Kings 23:4:92 Kgs.23.4.W9TAB

הַסַּף֒

hasaf

the threshold

Transliteration
ha-SAF
Extended
hah-SAHF
IPA
/hasˈsaf/

Meaning by language

English
the threshold

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + סַּף֒
ha + saf
hasaf

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Samekhs as in sit
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Pe Sofitfinal form of Pe — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-SAF

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-et-sho-me-RE ha-SAF

  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 23:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 23:4, so the Hebrew word הַסַּף֒ (hasaf) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.4.W9.S1) and character.