Joshua 18:22:3Josh.18.22.W3TAB
וּבֵֽית־אֵֽל׃
uveitel
“and Bethel”
- Transliteration
- u-VEIT-EL
- Extended
- oo-VEYT-EEL
- IPA
- /uːˈveːtˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Bethel
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-VEIT-EL
- sentence
u-VEIT ha-a-ra-VAH u-tse-ma-RA-yim u-VEIT-EL
Exegesis
The construct noun beit {בֵית | bēṯ} ‘house’ links to ha'aravah {הָֽעֲרָבָה | ʿă-rā-vāh} ‘wilderness plain’ and el {אֵל | ʾēl} ‘God’ to form the place names Beit-Arabah and Beit-El, respectively.
Root and etymology
b-y-tbet–yod–tav
“house, dwelling”
In context — Joshua 18:22
Beth Arabah , Zemaraim, and Bethel
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 18:22, so the Hebrew word וּבֵֽית־אֵֽל׃ (uveitel) 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 Josh.18.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.22.W3.S1) and character.