2 Kings 19:1:102 Kgs.19.1.W10TAB
בֵּ֥ית
bet
“the house of”
- Transliteration
- BET
- Extended
- BEET
- IPA
- /ˈbeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the house of
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 |
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Word in context
- word
BET
- phraseyour reading level
BET Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yit-kas ba-SAK va-ya-VO BET Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-mo-A ha-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu va-yik-RA et-be-ga-DAV va-yit-kas ba-SAK va-ya-VO BET Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The construct beit YHWH {בֵּית יְהוָה | bêt Yəhōwāh} ‘house of the LORD’ designates the temple as the locus of his response. The English rendition preserves the sequence of vav clauses to mirror Hebrew narrative flow.
In context — 2 Kings 19:1
And it happened, when King Hezekiah heard, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth , and he entered the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 19:1, so the Hebrew word בֵּ֥ית (bet) 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 Kgs.19.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.1.W10.S1) and character.