בְּבֵ֥ית

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּבֵ֥ית

   be-VET

   at the house of or at
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּבֵ֥ית שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ

   be-VET SHE-mesh

   at the house of or at Shemesh
3. clause🔊 בְּבֵ֥ית שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִיהוּדָֽה׃

   be-VET SHE-mesh a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA

   at the house of or at Shemesh which or that to Judah or belonging to Judah
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֨עַל יוֹאָ֤שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וַיִּתְרָא֣וּ פָנִ֔ים ה֖וּא וַאֲמַצְיָ֣הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֑ה בְּבֵ֥ית שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִיהוּדָֽה׃

   va-YA-al yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM HU va-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA be-VET SHE-mesh a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA

   and went up Joash king of Israel and they showed themselves or presented themselves face to face or faces he and Amaziah king of Judah at the house of or at Shemesh which or that to Judah or belonging to Judah

Exegesis

The phrase waʾămaṣyāhû ‘and Amaziah’ mirrors the subject, and the locative phrase bə-bêṯ šemeš {בְּבֵ֥ית שֶׁמֶשׁ | bə-bêṯ šemeš} ‘at Beth Shemesh’ combined with the relative clause ’ăšer li-yhûḏāh {אֲשֶׁר לִיהוּדָֽה | ’ăšer li-yhûḏāh} ‘which belongs to Judah’ situates the encounter within Judah’s territory.