Judges 19:26:7Judg.19.26.W7TAB
בֵּית־הָאִ֛ישׁ
bethaish
“the house of the man”
- Transliteration
- bet-ha-ISH
- Extended
- BEET-haa-EESH
- IPA
- /beːt.haːˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the house of the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bet-ha-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
PE-takh bet-ha-ISH
- clause
va-ti-POL PE-takh bet-ha-ISH a-sher-a-do-NE-ha SHAM ad-ha-OR
- sentence
va-ta-VO ha-ish-SHA lif-not ha-BO-ker va-ti-POL PE-takh bet-ha-ISH a-sher-a-do-NE-ha SHAM ad-ha-OR
Exegesis
The construct chain beit-haish {בֵּית־הָאִישׁ | bêṯ ha-ʾîš} ‘house of the man’ is specified by the relative clause asher-adoneha {אֲשֶׁר־אֲדוֹנֶיהָ | ʾă-šer ʾă-dō-nê-hā} ‘who was her master’, anchoring the scene.
Root and etymology
“house, dwelling”
In context — Judges 19:26
And the woman came at the turning of the morning, and she fell at the doorway of the house of the man who was her master, there until the light.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 19:26, so the Hebrew word בֵּית־הָאִ֛ישׁ (bethaish) 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.19.26.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.26.W7.S1) and character.