Leviticus 14:38:3Lev.14.38.W3TAB
מִן־הַבַּ֖יִת
minhabayit
“from the house”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-BA-yit
- Extended
- mihn-hah-BAH-yit
- IPA
- /min.haˈba.jit/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ha-BA-yit
- clause
ve-ya-TSA ha-ko-HEN min-ha-BA-yit el-PE-takh ha-BA-yit
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA ha-ko-HEN min-ha-BA-yit el-PE-takh ha-BA-yit ve-his-GIR et-ha-BA-yit shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
The first clause begins with the verb veyatsa {וְיָצָ֧א | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and he shall go out’ in the Qal perfect with Vav consecutive, followed by the subject hakohen {הַכֹּהֵ֛ן | ha-qōhēn} ‘the priest,’ then the prepositional phrases min-habayit {מִן־הַבַּ֖יִת | min-ha-ba-yiṯ} ‘from the house’ and el-petach {אֶל־פֶּתַח | ʼel-pē-ṭaḥ} ‘to the entrance,’ marking the spatial departure.
Root and etymology
b-y-tbet-yod-tav
“house, dwelling”
In context — Leviticus 14:38
And the priest shall go out from the house to its entrance, and he shall confine the house for seven days.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:38:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 14:38, so the Hebrew word מִן־הַבַּ֖יִת (minhabayit) 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.14.38.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.38.W3.S1) and character.