2 Chronicles 28:21:32 Chr.28.21.W3TAB
אֶת־בֵּ֣ית
etbet
“{direct object} house of”
- Transliteration
- et-BET
- Extended
- eht-BEET
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ˈbeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} house of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-BET
- phraseyour reading level
et-BET ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ki-kha-LAK a-KHAZ et-BET ye-ho-VAH ve-et-BET ha-ME-lekh ve-ha-sa-RIM
- sentence
ki-kha-LAK a-KHAZ et-BET ye-ho-VAH ve-et-BET ha-ME-lekh ve-ha-sa-RIM va-yit-TEN le-ME-lekh a-SHUR ve-LO le-ez-RA LO
Exegesis
The Qal perfect verb khalak {חָלַ֤ק | ḥā-lā-q} ‘he took a portion’ governs three coordinated construct objects marked by et: bet YHWH {בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה | bêyt Yə-hō-wāh} ‘house of the LORD’, bet ha-melekh {בֵּ֥ית הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | bêyt ham-mé-lekh} ‘house of the king’, and ha-sarim {הַשָּׂרִ֑ים | ha-sā-rîm} ‘the officials’.
Root and etymology
b-y-tbet–yod–tav
“house”
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:21
For Ahaz took a portion from the house of the LORD , from the house of the king, and from the officials , and he gave it to the king of Assyria; but it did not provide help for him.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 28:21, so the Hebrew word אֶת־בֵּ֣ית (etbet) 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.28.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.21.W3.S1) and character.