2 Samuel 19:30:122 Sam.19.30.W12TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:31
אֶל־בֵּיתֹֽו׃
elbeto
“to his house”
- Transliteration
- el-BE-to
- Extended
- ehl-BEH-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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-BE-to
- clause
a-kha-RE a-sher-BA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh be-sha-LOM el-BE-to
- sentence
va-YO-mer me-fi-VO-shet el-ha-ME-lekh GAM et-ha-KOL yik-KAKH a-kha-RE a-sher-BA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh be-sha-LOM el-BE-to
Exegesis
The temporal clause acharei asher-ba-adoni hamelekh {אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר־בָּא־אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ | ʾaḥărê ʾăšer-bāʾ-ʾăḏonî hammeleḵ} “after my lord the king has come” joins with the locative beshalom el beito {בְּשָׁלוֹם אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ | bəšālôm ʾel-bêṯô}, conveying arrival with restored completeness.
Root and etymology
l-blamed–bet
“heart, inner being”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:30
And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him take everything, now that my lord the king has come in peace to his house.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:30:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 19:30, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בֵּיתֹֽו׃ (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.19.30.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.30.W12.S1) and character.