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
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
ve-et-BEIT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-et-BEIT Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-et-BEIT Ye-ho-VAH a-NI ho-LEKH ve-EIN ISH me-a-SEF o-TI hab-BAI-ta
- 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 context — Judges 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.