בֵית־יְהוָ֔ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בֵית־יְהוָ֔ה

   bet-ye-ho-VAH

   the house of the LORD
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִבֹּ֣א בֵית־יְהוָ֔ה

   mi-BO bet-ye-ho-VAH

   from the entrance of the house of the LORD
3. clause🔊 וַיַּשְׁבֵּ֣ת אֶת־הַסּוּסִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתְנוּ֩ מַלְכֵ֨י יְהוּדָ֤ה לַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ מִבֹּ֣א בֵית־יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־לִשְׁכַּת֙ נְתַן־מֶ֣לֶךְ הַסָּרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֖ר בַּפַּרְוָרִ֑ים

   va-ya-SHBE-et et-ha-su-SIM a-SHER na-te-NU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA la-SHE-mesh mi-BO bet-ye-ho-VAH el-lish-KAT ne-TAN-me-lekh ha-sa-RIS a-SHER ba-par-va-RIM

   and he caused to cease or removed the horses which or that they gave or had set kings of Judah to the sun from the entrance of the house of the LORD to the chamber of Nathan-melech the official or eunuch which or that in the precincts or in the suburbs
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּשְׁבֵּ֣ת אֶת־הַסּוּסִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתְנוּ֩ מַלְכֵ֨י יְהוּדָ֤ה לַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ מִבֹּ֣א בֵית־יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־לִשְׁכַּת֙ נְתַן־מֶ֣לֶךְ הַסָּרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֖ר בַּפַּרְוָרִ֑ים וְאֶת־מַרְכְּב֥וֹת הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ שָׂרַ֥ף בָּאֵֽשׁ׃

   va-ya-SHBE-et et-ha-su-SIM a-SHER na-te-NU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA la-SHE-mesh mi-BO bet-ye-ho-VAH el-lish-KAT ne-TAN-me-lekh ha-sa-RIS a-SHER ba-par-va-RIM ve-et-mar-ke-VOT ha-SHE-mesh sa-RAF ba-ESH

   and he caused to cease or removed the horses which or that they gave or had set kings of Judah to the sun from the entrance of the house of the LORD to the chamber of Nathan-melech the official or eunuch which or that in the precincts or in the suburbs and the chariots of the sun he burned with fire

Exegesis

A sequence of prepositional phrases—mibbo bēt-YHWH ‘from the entrance of the house of the LORD’ (mibbo {מִבֹּ֣א | mibbōʾ}; bēt {בֵית־ | bēt}; YHWH {יְהוָ֔ה | YHWH}) and ʾel liškāt Neṯān-Melek ha-sārîs ‘to the chamber of Nathan-melech the officer’ (ʾel {אֶל־ | ʾel}; liškāt {לִשְׁכַּת֙ | liškāt})—maps precise spatial relations around the temple complex.

Root and etymology

b-y-t🔊 bet–yod–tav

“house”

• 🔊 בַּיִתbayithomeGenesis 7:1