2 Kings 20:17:62 Kgs.20.17.W6TAB
בְּבֵיתֶ֗ךָ
bevetekha
“in your house”
- Transliteration
- be-VE-te-kha
- Extended
- beh-VEE-teh-khaa
- IPA
- /bəveːˈtɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in your house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-VE-te-kha
- phraseyour reading level
ve-nis-SA kal-a-SHER be-VE-te-kha
- clause
hi-NE ya-MIM ba-IM ve-nis-SA kal-a-SHER be-VE-te-kha va-a-SHER a-tsRU a-VO-te-kha ad-ha-YOM ha-ZE ba-VE-la
- sentence
hi-NE ya-MIM ba-IM ve-nis-SA kal-a-SHER be-VE-te-kha va-a-SHER a-tsRU a-VO-te-kha ad-ha-YOM ha-ZE ba-VE-la lo-yi-va-TER da-VAR a-MAR ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional construct be-veitekha {בְּבֵיתֶךָ | bə-wê-ṯə-kha} links possessions to the address, while the relative clause vaasher otzru avotekha {וַאֲשֶׁר אָצְרוּ אֲבֹתֶיךָ | wa-ʾă-šer ʾā-ṣə-rû ʾă-vo-tê-ḵa} details inherited stores.
Root and etymology
b-y-tbet–yod–tav
“house”
In context — 2 Kings 20:17
Look—days are coming when everything in your house and everything your fathers have stored up to this day will be taken away to Babylon. Nothing will be left behind, says the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 20:17, so the Hebrew word בְּבֵיתֶ֗ךָ (bevetekha) 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.20.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.17.W6.S1) and character.