Jeremiah 20:1:7Jer.20.1.W7TAB
בְּבֵ֣ית
bevet
“in the house of”
- Transliteration
- be-VET
- Extended
- beh-VEET
- IPA
- /bəˈveːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the house of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-VET
- phraseyour reading level
be-VET ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yish-MA pash-khur ben-im-MER ha-ko-HEN ve-HU-fa-KID na-GID be-VET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yish-MA pash-khur ben-im-MER ha-ko-HEN ve-HU-fa-KID na-GID be-VET ye-ho-VAH et-yir-me-YA-hu niv-BA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bə-vēt YHWH {בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה | bə-vēt Yə-hō-wāh} ‘in the house of the LORD’ situates the action in the temple.
In context — Jeremiah 20:1
And Pashhur, the son of Immer, the priest and chief officer in the house of the LORD , heard that Jeremiah had prophesied these words .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 20:1, so the Hebrew word בְּבֵ֣ית (bevet) 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.20.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.1.W7.S1) and character.