Jeremiah 21:11:1Jer.21.11.W1TAB
וּלְבֵית֙
ulevet
“and to the house of”
- Transliteration
- u-le-VET
- Extended
- oo-leh-VEET
- IPA
- /u.ləˈveːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the house of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
u-le-VET
- sentence
u-le-VET ME-lekh ye-hu-DA shim-E-U de-VAR-ye-ho-VA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ulebeit {וּלְבֵית֙ | û-lə-ḇêṯ} marks the audience by linking in construct with melekh Yehudah {מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה | me-leḵ yə-hû-ḏāh}.
Root and etymology
b-y-tbet–yod–tav
“house”
In context — Jeremiah 21:11
And say to the household of the king of Judah, “Hear the word of the LORD .”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 21:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 21:11, so the Hebrew word וּלְבֵית֙ (ulevet) 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.21.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.11.W1.S1) and character.