Ezekiel 13:5:6Ezek.13.5.W6TAB
עַל־בֵּ֣ית
albet
“for the house of”
- Transliteration
- al-BET
- Extended
- ahl-BEET
- IPA
- /ʕalˈbeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the house of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-BET
- phraseyour reading level
al-BET yis-ra-EL
- clause
LO a-li-TEM ba-pe-ra-TSOT va-tig-de-RU ga-DER al-BET yis-ra-EL
- sentence
LO a-li-TEM ba-pe-ra-TSOT va-tig-de-RU ga-DER al-BET yis-ra-EL la-a-MOD ba-mil-kha-MA be-YOM Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The construct al-beit Yisrael {עַל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʿal bêṯ yiś-rā-ʾêl} ‘for the house of Israel’ designates the community at risk.
Root and etymology
“inner self”
In context — Ezekiel 13:5
You have not gone up into the breaches , nor built a wall for the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 13:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 13:5, so the Hebrew word עַל־בֵּ֣ית (albet) 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 Ezek.13.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.5.W6.S1) and character.