1 Samuel 20:16:31 Sam.20.16.W3TAB
עִם־בֵּ֣ית
imbet
“with {the} house of”
- Transliteration
- im-BET
- Extended
- ihm-BEET
- IPA
- /ʕim.ˈbeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- with {the} house of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-BET
- phraseyour reading level
im-BET da-VID
- clause
va-yik-ROT ye-ho-NA-tan im-BET da-VID
- sentence
va-yik-ROT ye-ho-NA-tan im-BET da-VID u-vik-KESH ye-ho-VAH mi-YAD o-VE da-VID
Exegesis
The noun berit {בְּרִית | berîṯ} serves as the direct object within the prepositional phrase ʿim bêṯ dāwîd {עִם־בֵּית דָּוִד | ʿim bêṯ dāwîd}, specifying the covenantal party.
Root and etymology
ב־י־ת
“house, household”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:16
And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD require it from the hand of David’s enemies.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 20:16, so the Hebrew word עִם־בֵּ֣ית (imbet) 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.20.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.16.W3.S1) and character.