Ezekiel 18:25:7Ezek.18.25.W7TAB

בֵּ֣ית

bet

house of

Transliteration
BET
Extended
BEET
IPA
/ˈbeːt/

Meaning by language

English
house of

Alphabet Analysis

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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Word in context

  1. word

    BET

  2. phraseyour reading level

    BET yis-re-EL

  3. clause

    shim-E-u-NA BET yis-re-EL ha-dar-KHI LO yit-ta-KHEN ha-LO dar-khe-KHEM LO yit-ta-KHE-nu

  4. sentence

    va-a-MAR-tem LO yit-ta-KHEN DE-rekh a-do-NAI shim-E-u-NA BET yis-re-EL ha-dar-KHI LO yit-ta-KHEN ha-LO dar-khe-KHEM LO yit-ta-KHE-nu

Exegesis

The imperative šimʿū-nā {שִׁמְעוּ־נָא | šim-ʿū-nā} ‘hear now’ introduces the rebuttal directed at beit Yisrael {בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל | bêṯ yiś-rā-ʾēl}.

Root and etymology

r-b-hresh–bet–he

increase, multiply

In contextEzekiel 18:25

Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not fair .” Hear now, house of Israel: Is My way not fair? Is it not your ways that are unfair?

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 18:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 18:25, so the Hebrew word בֵּ֣ית (bet) 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.18.25.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.25.W7.S1) and character.