2 Samuel 14:24:102 Sam.14.24.W10TAB
אֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ
elbeto
“to his house”
- Transliteration
- el-BE-to
- Extended
- ehl-BEE-toh
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈbeː.toː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-BE-to
- clause
va-yis-SOV av-sha-LOM el-BE-to u-fe-NE ha-ME-lekh LO ra-A
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh yis-SOV el-BE-to u-fa-NAI LO yir-E va-yis-SOV av-sha-LOM el-BE-to u-fe-NE ha-ME-lekh LO ra-A
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el beito {אֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ | ʾel bēytôw} ‘to his house’ functions as directional complement.
el beito {וַיִּסֹּ֤ב ... אֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ | way-yis-sōv ... ʾel bēytôw} ‘and he turned to his house’, forming a chiastic structure.
Root and etymology
b-y-t
“house”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:24
But the king said, “Let him turn to his house, but my face he must not see.” So Absalom turned to his house and did not see the king’s face.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:24:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 14:24, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ (elbeto) 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 Sam.14.24.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.24.W10.S1) and character.