1 Samuel 15:34:61 Sam.15.34.W6TAB
אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ
elbeto
“to his house”
- Transliteration
- el-BE-to
- Extended
- ehl-BEE-toh
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈbeː.toː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
el-BE-to
- phraseyour reading level
a-LA el-BE-to
- clause
ve-sha-UL a-LA el-BE-to giv-AT sha-UL
- sentence
va-YE-lekh she-moo-EL ha-ra-MA-ta ve-sha-UL a-LA el-BE-to giv-AT sha-UL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase elbeto gibbath shaul {אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ גִּבְעַ֥ת שָׁאֽוּל׃ | ʾel-bēṯô gibbā‘aṯ šā’ûl}, “to his house, Gibeah of Saul,” employs a preposition plus construct chain with pronominal suffix to express possession and location. This structure contrasts Samuel’s and Saul’s paths while anchoring each in specific locales.
Root and etymology
ב־י־ת
“house”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:34
And Samuel went to Ramah , and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah of Saul.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:34:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 15:34, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ (elbeto) 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 Sam.15.34.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.34.W6.S1) and character.