בֵּ֥ית

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בֵּ֥ית

   BET

   house of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בֵּ֥ית כֶּֽלֶא׃

   BET KE-le

   house of prison
3. clause🔊 וַֽיַּעְ‪צְרֵ֙הוּ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וַיַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ בֵּ֥ית כֶּֽלֶא׃

   va-ya-tsre-HU ME-lekh a-SHUR va-ya-as-re-HU BET KE-le

   and he restrained him the king of Assyria and he bound him house of prison
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּמְצָא֩ מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֨וּר בְּהוֹשֵׁ֜עַ קֶ֗שֶׁר אֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁלַ֤ח מַלְאָכִים֙ אֶל־ס֣וֹא מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם וְלֹא־הֶעֱלָ֥ה מִנְחָ֛ה לְמֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּׁ֖וּר כְּשָׁנָ֣ה בְשָׁנָ֑ה וַֽיַּעְ‪צְרֵ֙הוּ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וַיַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ בֵּ֥ית כֶּֽלֶא׃

   va-yim-TSA ME-lekh-a-SHUR be-ho-SHE-a KE-sher a-SHER sha-LAKH mal-e-KHIM el-so ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim ve-lo-he-e-LA min-KHA le-ME-lekh a-SHUR ke-sha-NA ve-sha-NA va-ya-tsre-HU ME-lekh a-SHUR va-ya-as-re-HU BET KE-le

   and found the king of Assyria in Hoshea treason which he sent messengers to So king of Egypt and he did not bring up tribute or gift offering to the king of Assyria as a year in a year and he restrained him the king of Assyria and he bound him house of prison

Exegesis

Finally, the successive imperatives vayyaʿaṣrehu {וַיַּעְצְרֵ֙הוּ֙ | wayya·ʿaṣre-hû} and vayyaʾasrehu {וַיַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ | wayya·ʾasre-hû} intensify the king’s response from arrest to imprisonment, culminating in the location beit kele {בֵּ֥ית כֶּֽלֶא | bêyt ke·lēʾ} ‘house of prison.’