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

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Result
וּ + לְ + בֵית֙
u + le + vet
ulevet

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-le-VET

  2. 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 contextJeremiah 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.