Judges 16:27:1Judg.16.27.W1TAB

וְהַבַּ֗יִת

vehabayit

and the house

Transliteration
ve-ha-BA-yit
Extended
veh-hah-BAH-yihth
IPA
/vəhaˈbajit/

Meaning by language

English
and the house

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + הַ + בַּ֗ + יִת
ve + ha + ba + yit
vehabayit

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ha-BA-yit

  2. clause

    ve-ha-BA-yit ma-LE ha-a-na-SHIM ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-SHA-ma KOL sar-NE pe-lish-TIM

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-BA-yit ma-LE ha-a-na-SHIM ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-SHA-ma KOL sar-NE pe-lish-TIM ve-al-ha-GAG kish-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH ve-i-SHA ha-ro-IM bis-KHOK shim-SHON

Exegesis

The phrase veha-bayit {וְהַבַּ֗יִת | wə-hǎ-bá-yīṯ} ‘and the house’ employs the definite article to specify the location.

Root and etymology

b-y-tbet–yod–tav

house, dwelling

In contextJudges 16:27

And the house was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were present, and on the roof there were about three thousand men and women watching Samson in amusement.

About this coordinate

Judges 16:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 16:27, so the Hebrew word וְהַבַּ֗יִת (vehabayit) 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.16.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.27.W1.S1) and character.