2 Kings 23:5:12 Kgs.23.5.W1TAB
וְהִשְׁבִּ֣ית
vehishbit
“and he caused to cease or removed”
- Transliteration
- ve-hish-BIT
- Extended
- veh-hihsh-BEET
- IPA
- /vəhɪʃˈbiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he caused to cease or removed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ve-hish-BIT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hish-BIT ET-ha-ke-ma-RIM
- clause
ve-hish-BIT ET-ha-ke-ma-RIM a-SHER na-te-NU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA va-ye-kat-TER ba-ba-MOT be-a-RE ye-hu-DA u-me-si-BE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ve-hish-BIT ET-ha-ke-ma-RIM a-SHER na-te-NU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA va-ye-kat-TER ba-ba-MOT be-a-RE ye-hu-DA u-me-si-BE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-ET-ha-me-kat-te-RIM la-BA-al la-SHE-mesh ve-la-ya-RE-akh ve-la-ma-za-LOT u-le-KHOL tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive Hiphil imperfect, ve-hishbit {וְהִשְׁבִּ֣ית | wəhišbîṯ} ‘and he abolished’, which establishes Josiah’s reform as decisive royal action.
Root and etymology
ש־ב־ת
“to cause to cease”
In context — 2 Kings 23:5
And he abolished the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed, those who burned incense at the high places in the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem, and also those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 23:5, so the Hebrew word וְהִשְׁבִּ֣ית (vehishbit) 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.23.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.5.W1.S1) and character.