Judges 19:18:15Judg.19.18.W15TAB

וְאֶת־בֵּ֤ית

veetbeit

and the house of

Transliteration
ve-et-BEIT
Extended
veh-eht-BEET
IPA
/vəʔɛtˈbeːt/

Meaning by language

English
and the house of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + אֶת + בֵּ֤ית
ve + et + beit
veetbeit

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-et-BEIT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-et-BEIT Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    ve-et-BEIT Ye-ho-VAH a-NI ho-LEKH ve-EIN ISH me-a-SEF o-TI hab-BAI-ta

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-LAV o-ve-RIM a-NA-khnu mi-BEIT-le-khem ye-hu-DA ad-yar-ke-TEI har-e-fra-YIM mi-SHAM a-NO-khi va-e-LEKH ad-BEIT LE-khem ye-hu-DA ve-et-BEIT Ye-ho-VAH a-NI ho-LEKH ve-EIN ISH me-a-SEF o-TI hab-BAI-ta

Exegesis

The repetition of ’ad-bēyt-leḥem Yəhūdāh underscores the intended return, while wə’ēṯ-bēyt Yəhōwāh {וְאֶת־בֵּית יְהוָה | wə’ēṯ-bēyt Yəhōwāh} ‘and to the house of YHWH’ uses the direct object marker for focus.

Root and etymology

b-y-t

house

In contextJudges 19:18

And he said to him, “We are passing through from Bethlehem in Judah to the remotest parts of the hill country of Ephraim. From there I came and went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD , but there is no one to receive me into his house.”

About this coordinate

Judges 19:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Judges 19:18, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־בֵּ֤ית (veetbeit) 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.19.18.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.18.W15.S1) and character.