1 Kings 20:43:31 Kgs.20.43.W3TAB
עַל־בֵּית֖וֹ
albeto
“to his house”
- Transliteration
- al-BE-to
- Extended
- ahl-BEE-toh
- IPA
- /ʕalˈbeːtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his house
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 | |
| 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
al-BE-to
- clause
va-YE-lekh ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL al-BE-to SAR ve-za-EF
- sentence
va-YE-lekh ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL al-BE-to SAR ve-za-EF va-ya-BO sho-me-RO-na
Exegesis
The prepositional locative phrase ʿal bêṯô {עַל־בֵּית֖וֹ | ʿal bêṯô} ‘to his house’ uses ʻal in a destination sense.
In context — 1 Kings 20:43
The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry , and he came to Samaria.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:43:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 20:43, so the Hebrew word עַל־בֵּית֖וֹ (albeto) 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.20.43.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.43.W3.S1) and character.