Leviticus 14:43:4Lev.14.43.W4TAB
בַּבַּ֔יִת
babbayit
“in the house”
- Transliteration
- bab-BAY-it
- Extended
- bah-BAY-it
- IPA
- /babˈbajit/
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 | |
| 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
bab-BAY-it
- phraseyour reading level
oo-fa-RAKH bab-BAY-it
- clause
ve-IM-ya-SHUV ha-NE-ga oo-fa-RAKH bab-BAY-it a-KHAR khi-LETS ET-ha-a-va-NEEM
- sentence
ve-IM-ya-SHUV ha-NE-ga oo-fa-RAKH bab-BAY-it a-KHAR khi-LETS ET-ha-a-va-NEEM ve-ah-kha-RAY hik-TSOT ET-hab-BAY-it ve-ah-kha-RAY hit-TO-akh
Exegesis
The imperfect yashuv {יָשׁוּב | yā-šûv} ‘returns’ frames potential action, followed by the perfect u-farach {וּפָרַח | û-pā-raḥ} ‘spreads’, establishing its expansion in the ba-bayit {בַּבַּיִת | bayyît} ‘house’.
Root and etymology
b-y-tbet-yod-tav
“house, dwelling”
In context — Leviticus 14:43
And if the affliction returns and spreads in the house after he has torn out the stones, and after he has scraped the house, and after he has plastered it.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:43:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 14:43, so the Hebrew word בַּבַּ֔יִת (babbayit) 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.14.43.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.43.W4.S1) and character.