2 Kings 21:5:72 Kgs.21.5.W7TAB
בֵּית־יְהוָֽה׃
betyehovah
“of the house of the LORD”
- Transliteration
- BET-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- BEET-yeh-hoh-VAAH
- IPA
- /ˈbeːt.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the house of the LORD
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
BET-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
kha-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
bish-TE kha-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yi-VEN miz-be-KHOT le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim bish-TE kha-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Finally, beit YHWH {בֵּית־יְהוָה | bêt-Yᵉhōwāh} ‘the house of the LORD’ indicates the sacred space now desecrated. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew construct chains and temporal sequence to maintain emphasis on profanation within the temple precincts.
Root and etymology
ה־י־ה
“to exist”
In context — 2 Kings 21:5
And he built altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 21:5, so the Hebrew word בֵּית־יְהוָֽה׃ (betyehovah) 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.21.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.5.W7.S1) and character.