Ezekiel 17:12:2Ezek.17.12.W2TAB

לְבֵ֣ית

levet

to the house of

Transliteration
le-VET
Extended
leh-VEET
IPA
/ləˈveːt/

Meaning by language

English
to the house of

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Result
לְ + בֵ֣ית
le + vet
levet

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-VET

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-VET ha-ME-ri

  3. clause

    e-MAR-NA le-VET ha-ME-ri ha-LO ye-Da-TE-m MA-E-le

  4. sentence

    e-MAR-NA le-VET ha-ME-ri ha-LO ye-Da-TE-m MA-E-le e-MOR hi-NE-VA ME-lekh-BA-vel ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yik-KAKH ET-mal-KA ve-ET-sa-RE-ha va-ya-VE o-TAM e-LAV BA-ve-LA

Exegesis

Then the address to lebeit ha-meri {לְבֵית הַמֶּרִי | lə-ḇêṯ ham-merî} ‘the house of rebellion’ frames Israel as a defiant community.

In contextEzekiel 17:12

Say now to the house of rebellion , "Do you not know what these things mean? Say, 'Behold, the king of Babylon has come to Jerusalem and has taken her king and her princes , and he has brought them to him, to Babylon.'"

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 17:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 17:12, so the Hebrew word לְבֵ֣ית (levet) 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.17.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.12.W2.S1) and character.