Daniel 1:2:8Dan.1.2.W8TAB
בֵית־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים
bethaelohim
“the house of God”
- Transliteration
- BET-ha-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- BEHT-haa-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /beːt.haː.ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the house of God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
BET-ha-e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
ke-LE BET-ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yit-TEN a-do-NAI be-ya-DO et-ye-ho-ya-KIM ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA u-mik-TSAT ke-LE BET-ha-e-lo-HIM va-ye-vi-EM E-rets-shin-AR BET e-lo-HAV
- sentence
va-yit-TEN a-do-NAI be-ya-DO et-ye-ho-ya-KIM ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA u-mik-TSAT ke-LE BET-ha-e-lo-HIM va-ye-vi-EM E-rets-shin-AR BET e-lo-HAV ve-et-ha-ke-LIM he-VI BET o-TSAR e-lo-HAV
Exegesis
The nested construct umiktsat klei beit haelohim {וּמִקְצָת כְּלֵ֣י בֵית־הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים | û-mi-qə-ṣāṯ kə-lê bêt hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} indicates partial removal of sacred vessels.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“god, mighty one”
In context — Daniel 1:2
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim, king of Judah, into his power, along with some of the vessels from the house of God ; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and put the vessels into the treasury of his god.
About this coordinate
Daniel 1:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 1:2, so the Hebrew word בֵית־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים (bethaelohim) 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 Dan.1.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.1.2.W8.S1) and character.