Judges 17:8:12Judg.17.8.W12TAB
עַד־בֵּ֥ית
adbet
“as far as the house of”
- Transliteration
- ad-BET
- Extended
- ahd-BEET
- IPA
- /ʕadˈbeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- as far as the house of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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
ad-BET
- phraseyour reading level
ad-BET mi-KHA
- clause
va-ya-VO har-e-fra-YIM ad-BET mi-KHA la-a-SOT dar-KO
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH ha-i-SH me-ha-IR mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA la-GUR ba-a-SHER yim-TSA va-ya-VO har-e-fra-YIM ad-BET mi-KHA la-a-SOT dar-KO
Exegesis
The narrative continues with vayavo {וַיָּבֹ֧א | wayyāḇō’} ‘and he came’ toward har-efrayim {הַר־אֶפְרַ֛יִם | har ʾephrayīm} ‘the hill country of Ephraim,’ with ad-beit mikhah {עַד־בֵּ֥ית מִיכָ֖ה | ʿad-bēt mīḵāh} ‘as far as the house of Micah’ indicating destination.
Root and etymology
b-y-t
“house, dwelling”
In context — Judges 17:8
And the man went from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn wherever he might find, and as he went on his way he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 17:8, so the Hebrew word עַד־בֵּ֥ית (adbet) 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.17.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.8.W12.S1) and character.