2 Samuel 17:18:102 Sam.17.18.W10TAB
אֶל־בֵּֽית־אִ֣ישׁ
elbetish
“to the house of a man”
- Transliteration
- el-BET-ISH
- Extended
- ehl-BEET-EESH
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈbeːt.ʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the house of a man
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-BET-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ISH be-va-khu-RIM
- clause
va-yel-KHU she-NE-hem me-he-RA va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ISH be-va-khu-RIM ve-LO be-ER ba-kha-tse-RO va-yer-DU SHAM
- sentence
va-YAR-e o-TAM NA-ar va-yag-GED le-av-sha-LOM va-yel-KHU she-NE-hem me-he-RA va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ISH be-va-khu-RIM ve-LO be-ER ba-kha-tse-RO va-yer-DU SHAM
Exegesis
The directional phrase ʾel bēt-ʾîš {אֶל־בֵּית־אִישׁ | ʾēl bēt-ʾîš} ‘to the house of a man’ is followed by the locative bəbāḥûrîm {בְּבַחוּרִים | bə-bā-ḥû-rîm} ‘in Bahurim.’
Root and etymology
ʾ-n-šaleph–nun–shin
“man, person”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:18
A young man saw them and told Absalom. Then the two of them went quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim; he had a well in his courtyard , and they went down there.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 17:18, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בֵּֽית־אִ֣ישׁ (elbetish) 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.17.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.18.W10.S1) and character.