1 Chronicles 15:1:21 Chr.15.1.W2TAB
בָתִּ֖ים
vatim
“houses”
- Transliteration
- va-TIM
- Extended
- vaa-TIHm
- IPA
- /vaːtˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- houses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
va-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS-lo va-TIM
- clause
va-ya-AS-lo va-TIM be-IR da-VID
- sentence
va-ya-AS-lo va-TIM be-IR da-VID va-ya-KHEN ma-KOM la-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM va-YET-lo O-hel
Exegesis
The opening wayyāʿăś-lō {וַיַּֽעַשׂ־ל֥וֹ | wayyāʿăś-lō} ‘and he made for himself’ introduces David’s construction of bāṯīm {בָּתִּ֖ים | bāṯīm} ‘houses’.
Root and etymology
b-y-tbet–yod–tav
“house, dwelling”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:1
David built houses for himself in the city of David, and he set in order a place for the ark of God , and he spread a tent over it.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 15:1, so the Hebrew word בָתִּ֖ים (vatim) 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 1 Chr.15.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.1.W2.S1) and character.