1 Kings 17:15:91 Kgs.17.15.W9TAB
וּבֵיתָ֖הּ
uvetah
“and her household”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-TAH
- Extended
- oo-veh-TAH
- IPA
- /uː.veːˈtaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- and her household
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ve-TAH
- clause
va-to-A-khal hu-ve-hi HI va-HU u-ve-TAH ya-MIM
- sentence
va-te-LEKH va-ta-a-SE kid-VAR e-li-YA-hu va-to-A-khal hu-ve-hi HI va-HU u-ve-TAH ya-MIM
Exegesis
The fused pronoun hi-vehu {הִוא־וְהוּא | hî·’ū·wə·hû} ‘she and he’ signals communal participation, which resumes with vatokhal {וַתֹּ֧אכַל | waṯ·tō·ʾa·ḵal} ‘and she ate’ extended to uveytah {וּבֵיתָ֖הּ | ū·ḇê·ṯāh} ‘and her household’.
Root and etymology
b-y-t
“house, residence”
In context — 1 Kings 17:15
So she went and did according to the word of Elijah , and she, he, and her household ate for days .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 17:15, so the Hebrew word וּבֵיתָ֖הּ (uvetah) 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.17.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.15.W9.S1) and character.