2 Chronicles 3:5:22 Chr.3.5.W2TAB
הַבַּ֣יִת
habayit
“the house”
- Transliteration
- ha-BA-yit
- Extended
- hah-BAH-yiht
- IPA
- /habˈbajit/
Meaning by language
- English
- the house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ha-BA-yit
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET ha-BA-yit ha-ga-DOL
- clause
ve-ET ha-BA-yit ha-ga-DOL khi-PA ETS be-ro-SHIM va-ye-kha-PE-hu za-HAV TOV
- sentence
ve-ET ha-BA-yit ha-ga-DOL khi-PA ETS be-ro-SHIM va-ye-kha-PE-hu za-HAV TOV va-ya-AL a-LAV ti-mo-RIM ve-shar-she-ROT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the particle ve’et {וְאֵת | wə-ʾēt} ‘direct object marker’, signaling that the following noun phrase ha-bā-yîṯ ha-gā-ḏōl {הַבַּיִת הַגָּדֹל | ha-bā-yîṯ ha-gā-ḏōl} ‘the great house’ functions as the object.
Root and etymology
b-y-tbet–yod–tav
“to house, dwell”
In context — 2 Chronicles 3:5
And he paneled the great house with cypress wood, and he overlaid it with fine gold, and he set upon it palm trees and chainwork.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 3:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 3:5, so the Hebrew word הַבַּ֣יִת (habayit) 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.3.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.3.5.W2.S1) and character.