Judges 14:15:12Judg.14.15.W12TAB
וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית
veetbet
“and {the} house of”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-BET
- Extended
- veh-eht-BEET
- IPA
- /vəʔɛtˈbeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and {the} house of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
ve-et-BET
- phraseyour reading level
ve-et-BET a-VIKH
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yo-me-RU le-E-shet-shim-SHON pa-TI et-i-SHEKH ve-yag-GED-la-NU et-ha-khi-DA pen-nis-ROF o-TAKH ve-et-BET a-VIKH ba-ESH
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yo-me-RU le-E-shet-shim-SHON pa-TI et-i-SHEKH ve-yag-GED-la-NU et-ha-khi-DA pen-nis-ROF o-TAKH ve-et-BET a-VIKH ba-ESH hal-ya-re-SHE-nu ke-ra-TEM la-NU ha-LO
Root and etymology
b-y-tb-y-t
“house, family”
In context — Judges 14:15
And it came to pass on the seventh day that they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, and let him tell us the riddle , lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire. Is it not that you have called us here to impoverish us?”
About this coordinate
Judges 14:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 14:15, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית (veetbet) 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 Judg.14.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.15.W12.S1) and character.