2 Chronicles 6:2:32 Chr.6.2.W3TAB
בֵית־זְבֻ֖ל
betzevul
“a house of exaltation”
- Transliteration
- BET-ze-VUL
- Extended
- BEET-zeh-VUHL
- IPA
- /beːt.zəˈvul/
Meaning by language
- English
- a house of exaltation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
BET-ze-VUL
- phraseyour reading level
ba-NI-ti BET-ze-VUL
- clause
va-a-NI ba-NI-ti BET-ze-VUL LAKH
- sentence
va-a-NI ba-NI-ti BET-ze-VUL LAKH u-ma-KHON le-shiv-te-KHA o-la-MIM
Exegesis
The construct beyt-zevul {בֵית־זְבֻל | bêyt-zəvûl} ‘house of exaltation’ and the noun umakhon {וּמָכוֹן | û·mā·ḵôn} ‘fixed place’ form a synonymous parallelism, each governed by the indirect object via lakh {לָךְ | lā·ḵ} ‘for You’ and the purpose clause leshivtekha {לְשִׁבְתְּךָ | lə·šib·tê·ḵā} ‘for Your dwelling.’
Root and etymology
b-y-tbet–yod–tav
“house”
In context — 2 Chronicles 6:2
But I have built an exalted house for You , and a fixed place for Your dwelling forever.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 6:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 6:2, so the Hebrew word בֵית־זְבֻ֖ל (betzevul) 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.6.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.6.2.W3.S1) and character.