Deuteronomy 22:8:9Deut.22.8.W9TAB
בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ
beveitekha
“in your house”
- Transliteration
- be-vei-TEKHA
- Extended
- beh-vei-TEH-kha
- IPA
- /bəvejˈteχa/
Meaning by language
- English
- in your house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
be-vei-TEKHA
- clause
ve-LO ta-SIM da-MIM be-vei-TEKHA ki-yi-POL ha-no-FEL mi-me-NU
- sentence
ki-tiv-NEH BA-yit kha-DASH ve-a-SI-ta ma-a-KEH le-ga-GEKHA ve-LO ta-SIM da-MIM be-vei-TEKHA ki-yi-POL ha-no-FEL mi-me-NU
Exegesis
The prohibitive velo-tasim {וְלֹֽא־תָשִׂ֤ים | wə-lō’-tāśîm} ‘and you shall not place’ governs damim {דָּמִים֙ | dāmı̂m} ‘blood(s)’ with the locative beveitekha {בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ | bᵊ-wēyteḵā} ‘in your house’.
Root and etymology
RootBet–Yod–Tav
“to enclose, house”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:8
When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof so that you will not bring bloodguilt on your house if the falling one should fall from it.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 22:8, so the Hebrew word בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ (beveitekha) 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.22.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.8.W9.S1) and character.