2 Chronicles 3:1:42 Chr.3.1.W4TAB
אֶת־בֵּית־יְהוָה֙
etbetyehovah
“the house of the LORD”
- Transliteration
- et-BET-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- eht-BEET-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛtˈbeːt.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the house of the LORD
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-BET-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
liv-NOT et-BET-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ya-KHEL she-lo-MO liv-NOT et-BET-ye-ho-VAH bi-ru-sha-LA-im be-HAR ha-mo-ri-YA a-SHER nir-A le-da-VID a-vi-HU
- sentence
va-ya-KHEL she-lo-MO liv-NOT et-BET-ye-ho-VAH bi-ru-sha-LA-im be-HAR ha-mo-ri-YA a-SHER nir-A le-da-VID a-vi-HU a-SHER he-KHIN bim-KOM da-VID be-GO-ren or-NAN ha-ye-vu-SI
Exegesis
The accusative marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} indicates beit YHWH {בֵּית־יְהוָה֙ | bēt yə-hō-wāh} ‘house of the LORD’ as the object.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–yod–tav
“house”
In context — 2 Chronicles 3:1
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah—the place where He appeared to David his father—at the site David had prepared, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 3:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 3:1, so the Hebrew word אֶת־בֵּית־יְהוָה֙ (etbetyehovah) 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.3.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.3.1.W4.S1) and character.