מִבֵּ֥ית

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִבֵּ֥ית

   mi-BET

   from the house of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם

   mi-BET LE-khem

   from the house of Bethlehem
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֣י אִ֣ישׁ לֵוִ֗י גָּ֚ר בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֣י הַר־אֶפְרַ֔יִם וַיִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה פִילֶ֔גֶשׁ מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם יְהוּדָֽה׃

   va-ye-HI ISH le-VI GAR be-yar-ke-TE har-e-fra-YIM va-yik-KAKH-lo i-SHA pi-LE-gesh mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA

   and there was a man a Levite sojourning in the recesses of the hill country of Ephraim and he took for himself a woman a concubine from the house of Bethlehem Judah
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִי֙ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם וּמֶ֖לֶךְ אֵ֣ין בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיְהִ֣י אִ֣ישׁ לֵוִ֗י גָּ֚ר בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֣י הַר־אֶפְרַ֔יִם וַיִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה פִילֶ֔גֶשׁ מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם יְהוּדָֽה׃

   va-ye-HI ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM u-ME-lekh EN be-yis-ra-EL va-ye-HI ISH le-VI GAR be-yar-ke-TE har-e-fra-YIM va-yik-KAKH-lo i-SHA pi-LE-gesh mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA

   and it was in the days those and a king there was not in Israel and there was a man a Levite sojourning in the recesses of the hill country of Ephraim and he took for himself a woman a concubine from the house of Bethlehem Judah

Exegesis

Finally, vayikkach-lo ishah pilegesh mibbeith-lechem yehudah {וַיִּקַּח־לוֹ אִשָּׁה פִּילֶגֶשׁ מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה | və·yik·qaḥ-lō ʾiš·šāh pi·le·geš mi·bêṯ le·ḥêm yᵊ·hū·ḏāh} ‘and he took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem of Judah’ functions as a result clause. The consistent use of vav consecutive forms maintains the narrative momentum, and the chain of construct phrases in Hebrew is rendered with corresponding English prepositional phrases to preserve emphasis on movement and association.

Root and etymology

“house, dwelling”

• 🔊 בֵּית־אֵלbêt-’êlHouse of GodGenesis 28:19