Isaiah 39:2:9Isa.39.2.W9TAB
וְאֶת־הַבְּשָׂמִ֜ים
veethabesamim
“and {direct object} the spices”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-ha-be-sa-MIM
- Extended
- veh-eht-hah-beh-sah-MEEM
- IPA
- /wəʔɛt.hab.bəsaˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and {direct object} the spices
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-et-ha-be-sa-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ve-et-ha-be-sa-MIM
- clause
va-yis-MA-kh a-le-HEM khiz-ki-YA-hu va-yar-EM et-BET ne-kho-TO et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ve-et-ha-be-sa-MIM ve-ET ha-SHE-men ha-TOV ve-ET kal-BET ke-LAV ve-ET kal-a-SHER nim-tsa be-o-tse-ro-TAV
- sentence
va-yis-MA-kh a-le-HEM khiz-ki-YA-hu va-yar-EM et-BET ne-kho-TO et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ve-et-ha-be-sa-MIM ve-ET ha-SHE-men ha-TOV ve-ET kal-BET ke-LAV ve-ET kal-a-SHER nim-tsa be-o-tse-ro-TAV lo-ha-YA da-VAR a-SHER lo-her-AM khiz-ki-YA-hu be-ve-TO u-ve-khal-mem-shal-TO
Exegesis
The construct chains bēyth nekhotôw {בֵּ֣ית נְכֹת֡וֹ | bēyth nəḵôtôw} ‘house of his precious thing’ and kôl-bēyth kĕlāyw {כָּל־בֵּ֣ית כֵּלָ֔יו | kôl-bēyth kĕlāyw} ‘all the house of his vessels’ coordinate through the direct object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet}, listing the treasures in an ascending pattern.
The repeated wəʾet {וְאֶת־ | wəʾet} underscores accumulation, climaxing in hattôb haššēmen {הַטּ֗וֹב הַשֶּׁמֶן | hattôb haššēmen} ‘the good oil,’ which highlights quality.
In context — Isaiah 39:2
Hezekiah was pleased with them and showed them the house of his precious things , the silver, the gold, the spices, and the good oil, along with all the house of his armor, and everything in his treasuries; nothing in his house or in all his dominion was withheld from them.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 39:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 39:2, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַבְּשָׂמִ֜ים (veethabesamim) 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 Isa.39.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.39.2.W9.S1) and character.