1 Kings 18:32:81 Kgs.18.32.W8TAB

כְּבֵית֙

keveit

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Transliteration
ke-VEIT
Extended
keh-VEET
IPA
/kəˈvɛːt/

Meaning by language

English
as

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Result
כְּ + בֵית֙
ke + veit
keveit

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ke-VEIT

  2. clause

    va-ya-AS te-a-LA ke-VEIT sa-ta-YIM ZE-ra sa-VIV lam-miz-BE-akh

  3. sentence

    va-yiv-NE et-ha-a-va-NIM miz-BE-akh be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH va-ya-AS te-a-LA ke-VEIT sa-ta-YIM ZE-ra sa-VIV lam-miz-BE-akh

Exegesis

The comparative phrase keveyt saʾatayîm zêraʿ {כְּבֵית סָאתַיִם זֶרַע | kəbêyt saʾatayîm zêraʿ} equates the trench’s size to the capacity for two seahs of seed, where keveyt marks comparison, saʾatayîm is a dual measure, and zêraʿ names the substance.

Root and etymology

Rootbet–yod–tav | B-Y-T

house, dwelling

In context1 Kings 18:32

And he built the stones into an altar in the name of the LORD and made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 18:32:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 18:32, so the Hebrew word כְּבֵית֙ (keveit) 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.18.32.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.32.W8.S1) and character.