בַּבָּמוֹת֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בַּבָּמוֹת֙

   ba-ba-MOT

   in the high places
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיְקַטֵּ֤ר בַּבָּמוֹת֙

   va-ye-kat-TER ba-ba-MOT

   and to make smoke or burn incense in the high places
3. clause🔊 וְהִשְׁבִּ֣ית אֶת־הַכְּמָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָֽתְנוּ֙ מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיְקַטֵּ֤ר בַּבָּמוֹת֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וּמְסִבֵּ֖י יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם

   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

   and he caused to cease or removed the priests whom or which they had appointed or given kings of Judah and to make smoke or burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and from around Jerusalem
4. sentence🔊 וְהִשְׁבִּ֣ית אֶת־הַכְּמָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָֽתְנוּ֙ מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיְקַטֵּ֤ר בַּבָּמוֹת֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וּמְסִבֵּ֖י יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְאֶת־הַֽמְקַטְּרִ֣ים לַבַּ֗עַל לַשֶּׁ֤מֶשׁ וְלַיָּרֵ֙חַ֙ וְלַמַּזָּל֔וֹת וּלְכֹ֖ל צְבָ֥א הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

   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

   and he caused to cease or removed the priests whom or which they had appointed or given kings of Judah and to make smoke or burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and from around Jerusalem and the ones burning incense to Baal to the sun and to the moon and to the constellations and to all host or army of the heavens

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

b-m-h🔊 ב־מ־הbet–mem–he

“elevation”

• 🔊 בָּמָהbā-māhhigh placeIsaiah 36:7