Genesis 39:14:3Gen.39.14.W3TAB
בֵיתָ֗הּ
veitah
“her house”
- Transliteration
- vei-TAH
- Extended
- vee-TAAH
- IPA
- /veː.ˈtaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- her house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vei-TAH
- phraseyour reading level
le-an-SHEI vei-TAH
- clause
va-tik-RA le-an-SHEI vei-TAH va-to-MER la-HEM lei-MOR re-U hei-VI la-NU ISH iv-RI le-tsa-KHEK ba-NU
- sentence
va-tik-RA le-an-SHEI vei-TAH va-to-MER la-HEM lei-MOR re-U hei-VI la-NU ISH iv-RI le-tsa-KHEK ba-NU BA ei-LAI li-she-KAV im-MI va-ek-RA be-KOL ga-DOL
Exegesis
The indirect object leʾanshei beita {לְאַנְשֵׁי בֵיתָהּ | lə-ʾan-šê bê-ṯāh} ‘to the men of her household’ specifies her audience.
Root and etymology
b-y-tbet–yod–tav
“house, dwelling”
In context — Genesis 39:14
She then called in the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought us a Hebrew man to mock us . He came into my presence to lie with me , but I called out with a loud voice.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 39:14, so the Hebrew word בֵיתָ֗הּ (veitah) 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.39.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.14.W3.S1) and character.