Leviticus 14:36:13Lev.14.36.W13TAB
בַּבָּ֑יִת
babayit
“in the house”
- Transliteration
- ba-BA-yit
- Extended
- bah-BAA-yit
- IPA
- /babˈbaːjit/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ba-BA-yit
- phraseyour reading level
kol-a-SHER ba-BA-yit
- clause
ve-tsi-VAH ha-koh-HEN oo-fi-NOO et-ha-BA-yit be-TE-rem ya-VO ha-koh-HEN lir-OT et-ha-NE-ga ve-LO yit-MA kol-a-SHER ba-BA-yit
- sentence
ve-tsi-VAH ha-koh-HEN oo-fi-NOO et-ha-BA-yit be-TE-rem ya-VO ha-koh-HEN lir-OT et-ha-NE-ga ve-LO yit-MA kol-a-SHER ba-BA-yit ve-a-KHAR KEN ya-VO ha-koh-HEN lir-OT et-ha-BAA-yit
Exegesis
The relative clause kol asher ba-bayit {כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּבָּ֑יִת | kol ʾăšer babbāyîṯ} ‘all that is in the house’ functions as the subject of yitma {יִטְמָ֖א | yiṭmāʾ} ‘becomes unclean,’ linked by the negative vav lo.
Root and etymology
RootBet–Yod–Tav
“house; dwelling”
In context — Leviticus 14:36
And the priest shall command that they clear out the house before the priest comes to inspect the plague , so that nothing in the house will become unclean. Afterward the priest shall come to inspect the house.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:36:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 14:36, so the Hebrew word בַּבָּ֑יִת (babayit) 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 Lev.14.36.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.36.W13.S1) and character.