1 Kings 16:7:81 Kgs.16.7.W8TAB
וְאֶל־בֵּית֜וֹ
veelbeto
“and against his house”
- Transliteration
- ve-EL-BE-to
- Extended
- veh-EHL-BEET-oh
- IPA
- /wəʔɛl.beːˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and against his house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-EL-BE-to
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YA el-ba-a-SHA ve-EL-BE-to
- 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 perfect verb hayah {הָיָה | hā-yāh} signals the establishment of the message, which is directed el-baasha {אֶל־בַּעְשָׁ֨א | ’el ba-‘ā-shâ} and we-el-beyto {וְאֶל־בֵּית֜וֹ | wə-’el bēyt-ô}.
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 16:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 16:7, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־בֵּית֜וֹ (veelbeto) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.7.W8.S1) and character.