1 Kings 14:26:31 Kgs.14.26.W3TAB
בֵּית־יְהוָ֗ה
betyehovah
“the house of the LORD”
- Transliteration
- BET-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- BEET-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ˈbeːt.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the house of the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
BET-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
et-o-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yik-KAKH et-o-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-o-tse-ROT BET ha-ME-lekh ve-et-ha-KOL la-KAKH
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH et-o-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-o-tse-ROT BET ha-ME-lekh ve-et-ha-KOL la-KAKH va-yik-KAKH et-kol-ma-gin-NE ha-za-HAV a-SHER a-SA she-lo-MO
Exegesis
Objects follow the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʼet}, calling attention to otzrot {אֹצְרוֹת֙ | ʼoṣerōṯ} ‘treasures’ in the construct phrase beit-yehovah {בֵּ֣ית־יְהוָ֗ה | bêyt Yəhōwāh} ‘house of the LORD’ and again in beit-hammelekh {בֵּ֣ית־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | bêyt-hammeleḵ} ‘house of the king’.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Kings 14:26
And he took the treasures of the house of the LORD , and the treasures of the house of the king; he took everything, and he took all the shields of gold which Solomon had made .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 14:26, so the Hebrew word בֵּית־יְהוָ֗ה (betyehovah) 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.14.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.26.W3.S1) and character.