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
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-BA-yit
- clause
ve-ha-BA-yit ma-LE ha-a-na-SHIM ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-SHA-ma KOL sar-NE pe-lish-TIM
- 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 context — Judges 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.