Judges 18:22:7Judg.18.22.W7TAB
בַּבָּתִּים֙
babatim
“in the houses”
- Transliteration
- ba-ba-TIM
- Extended
- bah-bah-TEEM
- IPA
- /bab.baːˈtːiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the houses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-ba-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ba-ba-TIM
- clause
ve-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER ba-ba-TIM a-SHER im-BET mi-KHA niz-e-a-KU va-yad-bi-KU et-be-NE-dan
- sentence
HE-ma hir-khi-KU mi-BET mi-KHA ve-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER ba-ba-TIM a-SHER im-BET mi-KHA niz-e-a-KU va-yad-bi-KU et-be-NE-dan
Exegesis
A stacked relative construction asher…ba-batim…asher…im-beit {אֲשֶׁר…בַּבָּתִּים…אֲשֶׁר…עִם־בֵּית} delineates “the men who were in the houses who were with Micah’s house,” specifying proximity through construct chains.
In context — Judges 18:22
When they had moved away from the house of Micah, the men who dwelt in the dwellings near Micah’s household cried out, and they overtook the sons of Dan .
About this coordinate
Judges 18:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 18:22, so the Hebrew word בַּבָּתִּים֙ (babatim) 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.18.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.22.W7.S1) and character.