2 Samuel 20:3:132 Sam.20.3.W13TAB

הַבַּ֜יִת

habayit

the house

Transliteration
ha-BA-yit
Extended
hah-BAH-yiht
IPA
/habˈbajit/

Meaning by language

English
the house

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Result
הַ + בַּ֜ + יִת
ha + ba + yit
habayit

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-BA-yit

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER hin-NI-akh lish-MOR ha-BA-yit

  3. clause

    va-ya-BO da-VID el-BE-to ye-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yik-KAKH ha-ME-lekh ET E-ser-na-SHIM pi-lag-SHIM a-SHER hin-NI-akh lish-MOR ha-BA-yit va-yit-ne-EM BET-mish-ME-ret va-ye-khal-ke-LEM va-a-le-HEM LO-VA

  4. sentence

    va-ya-BO da-VID el-BE-to ye-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yik-KAKH ha-ME-lekh ET E-ser-na-SHIM pi-lag-SHIM a-SHER hin-NI-akh lish-MOR ha-BA-yit va-yit-ne-EM BET-mish-ME-ret va-ye-khal-ke-LEM va-a-le-HEM LO-VA va-ti-he-ye-NA tse-ru-ROT ad-YOM mu-TAN al-me-NUT kha-YUT

Exegesis

The relative clause asher hiniach lishmor habayit {אֲשֶׁר הִנִּיחַ לִשְׁמֹר הַבַּיִת | a-sher hi-ni-akh lish-mor ha-ba-yit} clarifies their prior assignment.

In context2 Samuel 20:3

And David came to his house in Jerusalem. And the king took the ten women, concubines whom he had left to guard the house, and placed them in a house of custody . He provided for them, but to them he did not come. And they remained confined until the day of their death, living in widowhood .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 20:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 20:3, so the Hebrew word הַבַּ֜יִת (habayit) 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.20.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.3.W13.S1) and character.