בֵּ֣ית

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בֵּ֣ית

   BET

   house of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בֵּ֣ית הַֽמַּעֲכָ֔ה

   BET ham-ma-a-KHA

   house of the Maacah
3. clause🔊 וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ וַיָּצֻ֣רוּ עָלָ֗יו בְּאָבֵ֙לָה֙ בֵּ֣ית הַֽמַּעֲכָ֔ה וַיִּשְׁפְּכ֤וּ סֹֽלְלָה֙ אֶל־הָעִ֔יר וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד בַּחֵ֑ל

   va-ya-VO-u va-ya-TSU-ru a-LAV be-a-VE-la BET ham-ma-a-KHA va-yish-pe-KHU so-le-LA el-ha-IR va-ta-a-MOD ba-KHEL

   and they came and they besieged against him in Abel house of the Maacah and they poured out or cast up a siege-mound or ramp to the city and it stood against the rampart or within the outer wall
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ וַיָּצֻ֣רוּ עָלָ֗יו בְּאָבֵ֙לָה֙ בֵּ֣ית הַֽמַּעֲכָ֔ה וַיִּשְׁפְּכ֤וּ סֹֽלְלָה֙ אֶל־הָעִ֔יר וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד בַּחֵ֑ל וְכָל־הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶת־יוֹאָ֔ב מַשְׁחִיתִ֖ם לְהַפִּ֥יל הַחוֹמָֽה׃

   va-ya-VO-u va-ya-TSU-ru a-LAV be-a-VE-la BET ham-ma-a-KHA va-yish-pe-KHU so-le-LA el-ha-IR va-ta-a-MOD ba-KHEL ve-khol-ha-AM a-SHER et-yo-AV mash-khi-TIM le-ha-PIL ha-kho-MA

   and they came and they besieged against him in Abel house of the Maacah and they poured out or cast up a siege-mound or ramp to the city and it stood against the rampart or within the outer wall and all the people who or which {direct object marker} Joab were destroying them or were ruining them to make fall or to bring down the wall

Exegesis

The locative be’avela beit hama’akhah {בְּאָבֵלָה בֵּית הַמַּעֲכָה | bə-ʾa-ve-lah beyt ha-ma-ʿa-kha} identifies the precise setting “at Abel Beth Maakah” through a construct chain.