2 Chronicles 21:17:82 Chr.21.17.W8TAB
לְבֵית־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
leveithamelekh
“for the house of the king”
- Transliteration
- le-VEIT-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- leh-VEET-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ləveːt.hamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the house of the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-VEIT-ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ha-nim-TSA le-VEIT-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ya-A-lu vi-ye-hu-DA va-yiv-ka-U-ha va-yish-BU ET KAL-ha-re-KHUSH ha-nim-TSA le-VEIT-ha-ME-lekh ve-gam-ba-NAV ve-na-SHAV
- sentence
va-ya-A-lu vi-ye-hu-DA va-yiv-ka-U-ha va-yish-BU ET KAL-ha-re-KHUSH ha-nim-TSA le-VEIT-ha-ME-lekh ve-gam-ba-NAV ve-na-SHAV ve-LO nish-AR-lo BEN KI im-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ke-TON ba-NAV
Exegesis
Possession is shown by the construct levet-hamelekh {לְבֵית־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | lə-wêṯ-ham-mê-lēḵ} ‘to the house of the king,’ and by vegambanav {וְגַם־בָּנָ֖יו | və-ḡam-bā-nāyw} ‘and also his sons’ and vennashav {וְנָשָׁ֑יו | və-nā-šāyw} ‘and his wives.’
Root and etymology
consonantsMem–Lamed–Kaf
“to reign”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:17
They went up into Judah and broke it open, and took captive all the possessions that were found in the house of the king, and also his sons and his wives. No son was left to him except Jehoahaz the youngest of his sons.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 21:17, so the Hebrew word לְבֵית־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (leveithamelekh) 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.21.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.17.W8.S1) and character.