1 Kings 21:29:161 Kgs.21.29.W16TAB
עַל־בֵּיתֽוֹ׃
albeto
“upon his house”
- Transliteration
- al-BE-to
- Extended
- ahl-BEH-toh
- IPA
- /ʕal.beːˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon 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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Word in context
- word
al-BE-to
- clause
YA-an ki-nikh-NA mip-pa-NAI lo-A-vi a-VI ha-ra-A be-ya-MAV bi-ME ve-NO a-VI ha-ra-A al-BE-to
- sentence
ha-ra-I-ta ki-nikh-NA akh-AV mil-le-fa-NAI YA-an ki-nikh-NA mip-pa-NAI lo-A-vi a-VI ha-ra-A be-ya-MAV bi-ME ve-NO a-VI ha-ra-A al-BE-to
Exegesis
The preposition al {עַל־ | ‘al} ‘upon’ introduces the object beito {בֵּיתֽוֹ | bē-ṯô} ‘his house’, completing the judgment decree.
Root and etymology
ב־י־ת
“house, household”
In context — 1 Kings 21:29
Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me ? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the disaster in his days, but in the days of his son I will bring the disaster upon his house .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:29:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 21:29, so the Hebrew word עַל־בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ (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.21.29.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.29.W16.S1) and character.