1 Kings 21:2:131 Kgs.21.2.W13TAB
בֵּיתִ֔י
beti
“my house”
- Transliteration
- be-TI
- Extended
- beh-TEE
- IPA
- /beːˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
be-TI
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E-tsel be-TI
- clause
va-ye-da-BER akh-AV el-na-VOT le-MOR te-NA-li et-kar-me-KHA vi-hi-LI le-gan-ya-RAK KI HU ka-ROV E-tsel be-TI ve-et-te-NA le-KHA takh-TAV KE-rem TOV mim-me-NU
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER akh-AV el-na-VOT le-MOR te-NA-li et-kar-me-KHA vi-hi-LI le-gan-ya-RAK KI HU ka-ROV E-tsel be-TI ve-et-te-NA le-KHA takh-TAV KE-rem TOV mim-me-NU IM TOV be-e-NE-kha et-te-NA-le-KHA KE-sef me-KHIR ZE
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} signals the rationale clause hu karov etzel beiti {ה֤וּא קָרוֹב אֵ֣צֶל בֵּיתִי | hūʾ qā-rōḇ ʾē-ṣel bē-ṯî} ‘because it is near my house’.
Root and etymology
Rootb-y-t
“house, household”
In context — 1 Kings 21:2
Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard , so it can serve as a garden , because it is adjacent to my house. I will offer you a better vineyard in exchange, or, if it seems right in your eyes, I will pay you its value in silver.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 21:2, so the Hebrew word בֵּיתִ֔י (beti) 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.21.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.2.W13.S1) and character.