בְּבֵ֥ית

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּבֵ֥ית

   be-VET

   in the house of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּבֵ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

   be-VET ye-ho-VAH

   in the house of the LORD
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקְרָ֣א בְאָזְנֵיהֶ֗ם אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵי֙ סֵ֣פֶר הַבְּרִ֔ית הַנִּמְצָ֖א בְּבֵ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

   va-yik-RA be-oz-ne-HEM et-KHOL-div-RE SE-fer ha-be-RIT ha-nim-TSA be-VET ye-ho-VAH

   and he read in their ears {direct object} all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֣עַל הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ בֵּית־יְהוָ֡ה וְכָל־אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָה֩ וְכָל־יֹשְׁבֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם אִתּ֗וֹ וְהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ וְהַנְּבִיאִ֔ים וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם לְמִקָּטֹ֣ן וְעַד־גָּד֑וֹל וַיִּקְרָ֣א בְאָזְנֵיהֶ֗ם אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵי֙ סֵ֣פֶר הַבְּרִ֔ית הַנִּמְצָ֖א בְּבֵ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

   va-YA-al ha-ME-lekh BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHOL-ish ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL-yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim i-TO ve-ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-ne-vi-IM ve-KHOL-ha-AM le-mik-ka-TON ve-AD-ga-DOL va-yik-RA be-oz-ne-HEM et-KHOL-div-RE SE-fer ha-be-RIT ha-nim-TSA be-VET ye-ho-VAH

   and he went up the king the house of the LORD and every man of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him and the priests and the prophets and all the people from small and up to great and he read in their ears {direct object} all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD

Exegesis

The verb wayyik-rā’ {וַיִּקְרָ֣א | wayyik-rā’} ‘and he read aloud’ governs the object ’et kol dib-rê sē-p̄ēr ha-bə-rît {אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵי סֵ֣פֶר הַבְּרִ֔ית | ’et kol dib-rê sē-p̄ēr ha-bə-rît} ‘all the words of the book of the covenant,’ modified by the participle ha-nimṣā’ bə-bēt YHWH {הַנִּמְצָ֖א בְּבֵ֥ית יְהוָֽה | ha-nimṣā’ bə-bēt YHWH} ‘that was found in the house of the LORD.’ The syntax creates a sense of covenantal restoration through communal proclamation in the temple setting.

Root and etymology

b-y-t🔊 bet–yod–tav

“house”

• 🔊 בַּיִתbayithomeGenesis 7:1