Judges 17:4:14Judg.17.4.W14TAB
בְּבֵ֥ית
bevet
“in the house of”
- Transliteration
- be-VET
- Extended
- beh-VEET
- IPA
- /bəˈveːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the house of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
be-VET
- phraseyour reading level
be-VET mi-kha-YE-hu
- clause
va-tik-KAKH im-MO ma-TA-yim KE-sef va-tit-te-NE-hu la-tso-REF va-ya-a-SE-hu PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA va-ye-HI be-VET mi-kha-YE-hu
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV et-ha-KE-sef le-im-MO va-tik-KAKH im-MO ma-TA-yim KE-sef va-tit-te-NE-hu la-tso-REF va-ya-a-SE-hu PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA va-ye-HI be-VET mi-kha-YE-hu
Exegesis
The construct phrase beveit Mikhayehu {בְּבֵ֥ית מִיכָֽיְהוּ | bᵉwêt mīḵāʾyāhû} situates the resulting peśel {פֶּ֣סֶל | peśel} and umassekha {וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה | umasseḵāh} within Micah’s household, highlighting both carved and molten cultic forms.
Root and etymology
b-y-t
“house, dwelling”
In context — Judges 17:4
So he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a cast idol. And it was in the house of Micah .
About this coordinate
Judges 17:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 17:4, so the Hebrew word בְּבֵ֥ית (bevet) 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.17.4.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.4.W14.S1) and character.