2 Kings 23:2:32 Kgs.23.2.W3TAB
בֵּית־יְהוָ֡ה
betyehovah
“the house of the LORD”
- Transliteration
- BET-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- BEET-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /beːt.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
va-YA-al ha-ME-lekh BET-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
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
- sentence
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
Exegesis
The subject hammelekh {הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | hammeleḵ} ‘the king’ is followed by the construct bēt-YHWH {בֵּית־יְהוָ֡ה | bēṯ-YHWH} ‘house of the LORD,’ situating the scene in the temple.
Root and etymology
b-y-t
“house”
In context — 2 Kings 23:2
And the king went up to the house of the LORD , and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets and all the people from the least to the greatest, and he read in their hearing all the words of the covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 23:2, so the Hebrew word בֵּית־יְהוָ֡ה (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.23.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.2.W3.S1) and character.