Judges 18:15:6Judg.18.15.W6TAB
בֵּ֣ית
bet
“house of”
- Transliteration
- BET
- Extended
- BEET
- IPA
- /ˈbeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- house of
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
BET
- phraseyour reading level
BET mi-KHA
- 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
b-y-tbet–yod–tav
“house”
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 18:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 18:15, so the Hebrew word בֵּ֣ית (bet) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.15.W6.S1) and character.