Judges 18:15:4Judg.18.15.W4TAB
אֶל־בֵּֽית־הַנַּ֥עַר
elbethanaar
“to the house of the young man”
- Transliteration
- el-BET-ha-NA-ar
- Extended
- ehl-BEET-hah-NAH-ah r
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈbeːt.hanˈna.ʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the house of the young man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-BET-ha-NA-ar
- phraseyour reading level
el-BET-ha-NA-ar ha-le-VI
- clause
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM-ma va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ha-NA-ar ha-le-VI BET mi-KHA
- sentence
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM-ma va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ha-NA-ar ha-le-VI BET mi-KHA va-yish-e-LU-lo le-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The construct chain bêyt hannā‘ar hallēwî (bêyt {בֵּֽית־ | bêyt} ‘house of’ + hannā‘ar {הַנַּ֥עַר | hannā‘ar} ‘the youth’ + hallēwî {הַלֵּוִ֖י | hallēwî} ‘the Levite’) specifies location and status.
The repeated construct bêyt {בֵּ֣ית | bêyt} ‘house of’ in bêyt Mîkhāh underscores the social setting at Micah’s place.
Root and etymology
n-‘-rnun–ayin–resh
“youth, lad”
In context — Judges 18:15
So they turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite , at the house of Micah, and they asked him about his well-being .
About this coordinate
Judges 18:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 18:15, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בֵּֽית־הַנַּ֥עַר (elbethanaar) 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.18.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.15.W4.S1) and character.