2 Samuel 21:1:172 Sam.21.1.W17TAB
וְאֶל־בֵּ֣ית
veelbet
“and to the house of”
- Transliteration
- ve-el-BET
- Extended
- veh-ehl-BEET
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʃaːˈʔuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the house of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-el-BET
- phraseyour reading level
ve-el-BET ha-da-MIM
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH el-sha-UL ve-el-BET ha-da-MIM al-a-sher-he-MIT et-ha-giv-o-NIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ra-AV bi-ME da-VID sha-LOSH sha-NIM sha-NA a-kha-RE sha-NA va-ye-vak-KESH da-VID et-pe-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH el-sha-UL ve-el-BET ha-da-MIM al-a-sher-he-MIT et-ha-giv-o-NIM
In context — 2 Samuel 21:1
Now it came to pass in the days of David that there was a famine for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD . The LORD said, “It is on account of Saul and of the house of blood , because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:1:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 21:1, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־בֵּ֣ית (veelbet) 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.21.1.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.1.W17.S1) and character.