Judges 19:18:5Judg.19.18.W5TAB

מִבֵּֽית־לֶ֣חֶם

mibeitlekhem

from Beth-lehem

Transliteration
mi-BEIT-le-khem
Extended
mih-BEET-leh-khem
IPA
/mibˈbeːt.lɛ.ħɛm/

Meaning by language

English
from Beth-lehem

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִ + בֵּֽית + לֶ֣ + חֶם
mi + beit + le + khem
mibeitlekhem

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top
Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    mi-BEIT-le-khem

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mi-BEIT-le-khem ye-hu-DA

  3. clause

    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

  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 phrase mibbeit-lechem Yəhūdāh {מִבֵּית־לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה | mibēyt-ləḥem Yəhūdāh} ‘from Bethlehem in Judah’ marks the origin in a source-path-goal sequence, continued by ’ad-yarkəṯê har-’Ep̄rāyim {עַד־יַרְכְּתֵי הַר־אֶפְרַיִם | ’ad-yarkəṯê har-’Ep̄rāyim} ‘to the remotest parts of the hill country of Ephraim.’

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 19:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 19:18, so the Hebrew word מִבֵּֽית־לֶ֣חֶם (mibeitlekhem) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.18.W5.S1) and character.