Exodus 19:3:11Exod.19.3.W11TAB
לְבֵ֣ית
lebeet
“to the house”
- Transliteration
- le-BEET
- Extended
- leh-BEET
- IPA
- /ləˈveːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-BEET
- phraseyour reading level
le-BEET ya-a-KOV
- clause
va-yik-RA e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH min-ha-HAR le-MOR KOH to-a-MAR le-BEET ya-a-KOV ve-tag-GEED liv-NEE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
u-mo-SHEH a-LAA el-ha-e-lo-HIM va-yik-RA e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH min-ha-HAR le-MOR KOH to-a-MAR le-BEET ya-a-KOV ve-tag-GEED liv-NEE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The construct chains lebeit yaakov {לְבֵית יַעֲקֹב | lə-bêt ya-ʿă-qōb} and livnei yisrael {לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | liv-nê yis-rā-ʾēl} specify the addressees in familial and national terms.
Root and etymology
b-y-tbeth–yod–tav
“house”
In context — Exodus 19:3
Moses ascended to God , and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, “This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob, and what you shall tell the sons of Israel.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 19:3, so the Hebrew word לְבֵ֣ית (lebeet) 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 Exod.19.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.3.W11.S1) and character.