Deuteronomy 20:5:8Deut.20.5.W8TAB
בַֽיִת־חָדָשׁ֙
bayitkhadash
“a new house”
- Transliteration
- ba-YIT-kha-DASH
- Extended
- va-YEET-kha-DAASH
- IPA
- /vaˈjit.xaˈdaːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a new house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-YIT-kha-DASH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ba-NA ba-YIT-kha-DASH
- clause
ve-dib-ROO ha-sho-TRIM el-ha-AM le-MOR mi-ha-ISH a-SHER ba-NA ba-YIT-kha-DASH ve-LO kha-na-KHO ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to
- sentence
ve-dib-ROO ha-sho-TRIM el-ha-AM le-MOR mi-ha-ISH a-SHER ba-NA ba-YIT-kha-DASH ve-LO kha-na-KHO ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to pen-ya-MOOT ba-mil-kha-MAH ve-ISH a-KHER yakh-ne-KHE-nu
Root and etymology
Rootbet–yod–tav
“house”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:5
The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “Is there a man who built a new house but has not dedicated it? Let him go back to his house, so that he does not die in the battle and another man dedicate it.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 20:5, so the Hebrew word בַֽיִת־חָדָשׁ֙ (bayitkhadash) 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 Deut.20.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.5.W8.S1) and character.