2 Chronicles 18:16:152 Chr.18.16.W15TAB
אִישׁ־לְבֵית֖וֹ
ishleveto
“a man to his house”
- Transliteration
- ish-le-VE-to
- Extended
- eesh-leh-VEE-toh
- IPA
- /ʔiːʃ.ləveːˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man to his house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ish-le-VE-to
- phraseyour reading level
ya-SHU-vu ish-le-VE-to
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH lo-a-do-NIM la-EL-le ya-SHU-vu ish-le-VE-to be-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-yo-MER ra-I-ti et-KOL-yis-ra-EL ne-fo-TSIM al-he-ha-RIM ka-TSON a-SHER en-la-HEN ro-E va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH lo-a-do-NIM la-EL-le ya-SHU-vu ish-le-VE-to be-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The final jussive construction yashuvu ish leveito beshalom {יָשׁוּבוּ אִישׁ־לְבֵיתוֹ בְּשָׁלוֹם | yā-šū-vû ’îš lə-bê-ṯō bə-šā-lōm} ‘let each return to his house in peace’ expresses a distributive command that balances individual responsibility with communal well-being.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:16
He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd; and the LORD said, ‘They have no masters ; let each return to his house in peace.’”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:16:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Chronicles 18:16, so the Hebrew word אִישׁ־לְבֵית֖וֹ (ishleveto) 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 2 Chr.18.16.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.16.W15.S1) and character.