1 Kings 16:7:181 Kgs.16.7.W18TAB
כְּבֵ֣ית
kevet
“like the house of”
- Transliteration
- ke-VET
- Extended
- keh-VEET
- IPA
- /kəˈveːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- like the house of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ke-VET
- phraseyour reading level
ke-VET ya-rav-AM
- clause
ve-GAM be-YAD-ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI ha-na-VI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH ha-YA el-ba-a-SHA ve-EL-BE-to ve-AL kol-ha-ra-A a-sher-a-SA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH le-hakh-i-SO be-ma-a-SE ya-DAV lih-YOT ke-VET ya-rav-AM
- sentence
ve-GAM be-YAD-ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI ha-na-VI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH ha-YA el-ba-a-SHA ve-EL-BE-to ve-AL kol-ha-ra-A a-sher-a-SA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH le-hakh-i-SO be-ma-a-SE ya-DAV lih-YOT ke-VET ya-rav-AM ve-AL a-sher-hih-KA o-TO
Exegesis
The infinitive lihyot {לִהְיוֹת | li-hĭ-yōt} plus kebeit-jaroboam {כְּבֵ֣ית יָרָבְעָ֑ם | kə-bêyt yā-rā-va-‘ām} expresses likeness “to be like the house of Jeroboam.”
Root and etymology
Rootbet–yod–tav
“house, family, dynasty”
In context — 1 Kings 16:7
And also by the hand of Jehu son of Hanani the prophet, the word of the LORD came against Baasha and his house for all the evil that he had done in the eyes of the LORD in provoking Him with the work of his hands, in becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck it down.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:7:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Kings 16:7, so the Hebrew word כְּבֵ֣ית (kevet) 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.16.7.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.7.W18.S1) and character.