Genesis 19:11:3Gen.19.11.W3TAB
הַבַּ֗יִת
habayit
“the house”
- Transliteration
- ha-BA-yit
- Extended
- hah-BAH-yiht
- IPA
- /ha.ˈba.jiθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ha-BA-yit
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-PE-takh ha-BA-yit
- clause
ve-et-ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-PE-takh ha-BA-yit hi-KU ba-sa-ne-ve-RIM mi-ka-TON ve-ad-ga-DOL
- sentence
ve-et-ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-PE-takh ha-BA-yit hi-KU ba-sa-ne-ve-RIM mi-ka-TON ve-ad-ga-DOL va-yil-U lim-TSO ha-PA-takh
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾă-šer} ‘who’ specifies the location in the construct chain petakh habayit {פֶּתַח הַבַּיִת | pe-taḥ hab-ba-yit} ‘entrance of the house’.
Root and etymology
RootBet–Yod–Tav
“house, dwelling”
In context — Genesis 19:11
And they struck the men at the entrance of the house with blindness, from the least to the greatest, so that they wore themselves out trying to find the entrance .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 19:11, so the Hebrew word הַבַּ֗יִת (habayit) 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 Gen.19.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.11.W3.S1) and character.