2 Chronicles 35:5:102 Chr.35.5.W10TAB
בֵּֽית־אָ֖ב
betav
“the house of a father”
- Transliteration
- BET-AV
- Extended
- BEET-aav
- IPA
- /beːt.ˈʔaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- the house of a father
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
BET-AV
- phraseyour reading level
va-kha-luk-KAT BET-AV
- clause
va-kha-luk-KAT BET-AV lal-vi-YIM
- sentence
ve-im-DU va-KO-desh lif-lu-GOT BET ha-A-VOT la-a-KHE-khem be-NE ha-AM va-kha-luk-KAT BET-AV lal-vi-YIM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive clause vachalukat beit-av laleviim {וַחֲלֻקַּ֥ת בֵּֽית־אָ֖ב לַלְוִיִּֽם | wa·ḥă·lul·qāṯ bēṯ-ʾāḇ la·le·wî·yim} adds the Levite divisions by ancestral houses. The parallel division structures reinforce temple order and kinship roles.
Root and etymology
b-y-tbet–yod–tav
“house”
In context — 2 Chronicles 35:5
And stand in the holy place for the divisions of the ancestral houses for your brothers, the sons of the people, and for the division of the ancestral house of the Levites .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 35:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 35:5, so the Hebrew word בֵּֽית־אָ֖ב (betav) 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.35.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.35.5.W10.S1) and character.