1 Kings 14:10:51 Kgs.14.10.W5TAB
אֶל־בֵּ֣ית
elbet
“to the house of”
- Transliteration
- el-BET
- Extended
- ehl-BEET
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈbeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the house of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-BET
- phraseyour reading level
el-BET ya-rav-AM
- clause
la-KHEN hin-ne-NI me-VI ra-A el-BET ya-rav-AM ve-hikh-RAT-TI le-ya-rav-AM mash-te-IN be-KIR a-TSUR ve-a-ZUV be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
la-KHEN hin-ne-NI me-VI ra-A el-BET ya-rav-AM ve-hikh-RAT-TI le-ya-rav-AM mash-te-IN be-KIR a-TSUR ve-a-ZUV be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-AR-TI a-kha-RE vet-ya-rav-AM ka-a-SHER ye-va-ER ha-ga-LAL ad-tu-MO
Exegesis
The construct chain el-beit Yarov’am {אֶל־בֵּ֣ית יָרָבְעָ֔ם | ʾel-bêt yā-rā-ḇā-ʿam} locates the judgment’s target.
Root and etymology
bet–yod–tavbet–yod–tav
“house, household”
In context — 1 Kings 14:10
Therefore, behold, I will bring disaster upon the house of Jeroboam, and I will cut off from Jeroboam every one who urinates against a wall —both the restrained and the left free—in Israel, and I will burn away what remains of the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is finished.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 14:10, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בֵּ֣ית (elbet) 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 Kgs.14.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.10.W5.S1) and character.