Jeremiah 16:8:1Jer.16.8.W1TAB
וּבֵית־מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה
uveitmishte
“and into a house of feasting”
- Transliteration
- u-VEIT-mish-TE
- Extended
- oo-VEET-mihsh-TEH
- IPA
- /uːˈveːt.miʃˈtɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and into a house of feasting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-VEIT-mish-TE
- phraseyour reading level
u-VEIT-mish-TE lo-ta-VO
- clause
u-VEIT-mish-TE lo-ta-VO la-SHE-vet o-TAM
- sentence
u-VEIT-mish-TE lo-ta-VO la-SHE-vet o-TAM le-e-KHOL ve-lish-TOT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the construct chain uveit mishteh {וּבֵית־מִשְׁתֶּה | û-ḇêṯ miš-teh} ‘house of feasting’, establishing a locative for communal celebration.
Root and etymology
שׁ-ת-ה
“to drink, feast”
In context — Jeremiah 16:8
And you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and to drink.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 16:8, so the Hebrew word וּבֵית־מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה (uveitmishte) 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 Jer.16.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.8.W1.S1) and character.