Genesis 39:5:11Gen.39.5.W11TAB
אֶת־בֵּ֥ית
etbeit
“the house of the”
- Transliteration
- et-BEIT
- Extended
- eht-BEIT
- IPA
- /ʔɛθ.ˈbeːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the house of the
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
et-BEIT
- phraseyour reading level
et-BEIT ha-mits-RI
- clause
va-ye-HI me-AZ hif-KID o-TO be-vei-TO ve-AL kol-a-SHER yesh-LO va-ye-VA-rekh Ye-ho-VAH et-BEIT ha-mits-RI big-LAL yo-SEF
- sentence
va-ye-HI me-AZ hif-KID o-TO be-vei-TO ve-AL kol-a-SHER yesh-LO va-ye-VA-rekh Ye-ho-VAH et-BEIT ha-mits-RI big-LAL yo-SEF va-ye-HI bir-KAT Ye-ho-VAH be-KOL-a-SHER yesh-LO ba-BA-yit u-va-sa-DE
Exegesis
The second wayyiqtol vayevarekh YHWH {וַיְבָרֶךְ יְהוָה | way-ḇā-reḵ Yə-hō-wāh} introduces the resultant action, with the direct object et bêṯ ham-miṣ-rî {אֶת־בֵּ֥ית הַמִּצְרִ֖י} “the house of the Egyptian” and biglal Yosef {בִּגְלַל יוֹסֵף | big-lāl yô-sēf} indicating the causal reason.
Root and etymology
b-y-tbet–yod–tav
“house, dwelling”
In context — Genesis 39:5
And it came to pass, from the time he appointed him over his house and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the house of the Egyptian for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 39:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־בֵּ֥ית (etbeit) 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.39.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.5.W11.S1) and character.