2 Kings 23:5:122 Kgs.23.5.W12TAB
יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם
yerushalayim
“Jerusalem”
- Transliteration
- ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- Extended
- yeh-roo-shaa-LAA-yihm
- IPA
- /jəruːʃaːˈlaːjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jerusalem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- 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
A series of spatial phrases—bābbāmōṯ {בַּבָּמוֹת֙ | bäbbāmōṯ} ‘at the high places’, bǝʿārê Yəhûḏā {בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה | bǝʿārê Yəhûḏā} ‘in the cities of Judah’, and ūməssibbê Yǝrūšālayīm {וּמְסִבֵּ֖י יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם | ūməssibbê Yǝrūšālayīm} ‘and around Jerusalem’—cumulatively define the geographic radius of cultic practice.
Root and etymology
“foundation of peace”
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 23:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 23:5, so the Hebrew word יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם (yerushalayim) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.5.W12.S1) and character.