1 Chronicles 17:5:41 Chr.17.5.W4TAB
בְּבַ֔יִת
bevayit
“in a house”
- Transliteration
- be-va-YIT
- Extended
- beh-vah-YIT
- IPA
- /bəvaˈjit/
Meaning by language
- English
- in a house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-va-YIT
- clause
KI LO ya-SHAV-te be-va-YIT min-ha-YOM a-SHER he-e-LEI-te ET-yis-ra-EL AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
KI LO ya-SHAV-te be-va-YIT min-ha-YOM a-SHER he-e-LEI-te ET-yis-ra-EL AD ha-YOM ha-ZE va-e-HYE me-O-hel el-O-hel u-mim-mish-KAN
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase be-vayit {בְּבַיִת | bə-vayit} ‘in a house’ contrasts spatially with the later locative chain.
Root and etymology
b-y-t
“house, dwelling”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:5
For I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel until this day, but I have been from tent to tent and from one tabernacle to another.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 17:5, so the Hebrew word בְּבַ֔יִת (bevayit) 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.17.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.5.W4.S1) and character.