2 Chronicles 3:8:62 Chr.3.8.W6TAB
רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙
rokhavhabayit
“the breadth of the house”
- Transliteration
- RO-khav-ha-BA-yit
- Extended
- ROH-khahv-hah-BAH-yiht
- IPA
- /ˈroː.ħav.habˈbajit/
Meaning by language
- English
- the breadth of the house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
RO-khav-ha-BA-yit
- phraseyour reading level
al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit
- clause
va-ya-AS ET-BET-KO-desh ha-ko-da-SHIM OR-KO al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-rokh-BO a-MOT e-se-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-AS ET-BET-KO-desh ha-ko-da-SHIM OR-KO al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-rokh-BO a-MOT e-se-RIM va-ye-kha-PE-hu za-HAV TOV le-khi-ka-RIM SHESH me-OT
Exegesis
The nominal element ʼôrēqô {אָרְכּ֞וֹ | ’ôrᵊqô} is linked by the comparative preposition ʿal-pənê {עַל־פְּנֵ֤י | ʿal-pənê} ‘upon the surface of’ to rō-ḥaḇ-hā-bā-yīt {רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ | rō-ḥaḇ-hā-bā-yīt} ‘width of the house’, establishing proportional dimensions.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–yod–tav
“house”
In context — 2 Chronicles 3:8
And he made the Most Holy Place ; it measured twenty cubits by twenty cubits, its length matching the width of the house. He overlaid it with fine gold for six hundred talents .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 3:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 3:8, so the Hebrew word רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ (rokhavhabayit) 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.3.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.3.8.W6.S1) and character.