1 Kings 18:3:51 Kgs.18.3.W5TAB
עַל־הַבָּ֑יִת
alhabayit
“over the house or household”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-BA-yit
- Extended
- ahl-hah-BAA-yiht
- IPA
- /ʕal.habˈbaː.jiθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- over the house or household
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
al-ha-BA-yit
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER al-ha-BA-yit
- clause
va-yik-RA akh-AV el-o-vad-YA-hu a-SHER al-ha-BA-yit
- sentence
va-yik-RA akh-AV el-o-vad-YA-hu a-SHER al-ha-BA-yit ve-o-vad-YA-hu ha-YA ya-RE et-ye-ho-VAH me-OD
Exegesis
The relative pronoun ăšer {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer} ‘who’ and prepositional phrase al-habbāyit {עַל־הַבָּ֑יִת | ‘al·ha·bbā·yiṯ} ‘over the palace’ define Obadiah’s official role.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–yod–tav | B-Y-T
“house, dwelling”
In context — 1 Kings 18:3
Ahab called for Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace ; Obadiah was greatly fearing the LORD .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 18:3, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַבָּ֑יִת (alhabayit) 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.18.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.3.W5.S1) and character.