בֵּ֣ית

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בֵּ֣ית

   BET

   house of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בֵּ֣ית הַלַּחְמִ֗י

   BET ha-lakh-MI

   house of the Bethlehemite
3. clause🔊 וַיַּ֡ךְ אֶלְחָנָן֩ בֶּן־יַעְרֵ֨י אֹרְגִ֜ים בֵּ֣ית הַלַּחְמִ֗י אֵ֚ת גָּלְיָ֣ת הַגִּתִּ֔י וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִית֔וֹ כִּמְנ֖וֹר אֹרְגִֽים׃

   va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-re or-GIM BET ha-lakh-MI ET gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM

   and struck Elhanan son of Jaare of Oregim house of the Bethlehemite Goliath the Gittite and the wood or shaft of his spear like a beam of weavers
4. sentence🔊 וַתְּהִי־ע֧וֹד הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה בְּג֖וֹב עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיַּ֡ךְ אֶלְחָנָן֩ בֶּן־יַעְרֵ֨י אֹרְגִ֜ים בֵּ֣ית הַלַּחְמִ֗י אֵ֚ת גָּלְיָ֣ת הַגִּתִּ֔י וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִית֔וֹ כִּמְנ֖וֹר אֹרְגִֽים׃

   va-te-HI-OD ha-mil-kha-MA be-GOV im-pe-lish-TIM va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-re or-GIM BET ha-lakh-MI ET gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM

   and there was again the battle at Gob with the Philistines and struck Elhanan son of Jaare of Oregim house of the Bethlehemite Goliath the Gittite and the wood or shaft of his spear like a beam of weavers

Exegesis

The main action is introduced by vay-yakh {וַיַּךְ | way·yak} ‘and he struck’, identifying elhanan {אֶלְחָנָן | ʾel·ḥā·nān} with the construct ben-ya‘rei orgim {בֶּן־יַעְרֵ֨י אֹרְגִ֜ים | ben-ya·rē’ ʾor·gîm} ‘son of Jaarei-oregim’ and the gentilic phrase beit ha-lakhmi {בֵּ֣ית הַלַּחְמִי | bêt·ha·ḷa·ḥmî} ‘Bethlehemite’.

Root and etymology

b-y-t🔊 ב־י־תbet–yod–tav

“house”

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