2 Chronicles 19:1:42 Chr.19.1.W4TAB
אֶל־בֵּית֛וֹ
elbeto
“to his house”
- Transliteration
- el-BE-to
- Extended
- ehl-BEE-toh
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈbeː.tɔː/
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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Word in context
- word
el-BE-to
- phraseyour reading level
ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA el-BE-to
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA el-BE-to be-sha-LOM li-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el beito {אֶל־בֵּית֛וֹ | ʾel bēṯô} ‘to his house’ indicates destination, followed by beshalom {בְּשָׁל֖וֹם | bə-šālôm} ‘in peace’ as a circumstantial qualifier describing the condition of the return.
In context — 2 Chronicles 19:1
Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went back to his house and reached Jerusalem in peace.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 19:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 19:1, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בֵּית֛וֹ (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 2 Chr.19.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.19.1.W4.S1) and character.