2 Kings 22:9:192 Kgs.22.9.W19TAB
בֵּ֥ית
bet
“house of”
- Transliteration
- BET
- Extended
- BEET
- IPA
- /ˈbeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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-yo-MER hi-TI-khu a-va-DE-kha et-ha-KE-sef ha-nim-TSA ba-BA-yit va-yit-ne-HU al-YAD o-SE ha-me-la-KHA ha-muf-ka-DIM BET Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-VO sha-FAN ha-so-FER el-ha-ME-lekh va-ya-SHEV et-ha-ME-lekh da-VAR va-yo-MER hi-TI-khu a-va-DE-kha et-ha-KE-sef ha-nim-TSA ba-BA-yit va-yit-ne-HU al-YAD o-SE ha-me-la-KHA ha-muf-ka-DIM BET Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Finally, the appositional participial pair ose hammelakah hammupqadim {עֹשֵׂי הַמְּלָאכָה הַמֻּפְקָדִים | ʿōśē hamməlāʾḵāh hammûpqaḏîm} ‘the doers of the work, the overseers’ in the construct beyt YHWH {בֵּית יְהוָה | beyt YHWH} ‘house of the LORD’ outlines the temple’s administrative hierarchy.
In context — 2 Kings 22:9
And Shaphan the scribe came to the king and reported to him, “Your servants have poured out the silver that was found in the house, and they have handed it over to the doers of the work, the overseers of the house of the LORD .”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:9:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Kings 22:9, 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.22.9.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.9.W19.S1) and character.