Leviticus 14:46:2Lev.14.46.W2TAB
אֶל־הַבַּ֔יִת
elhabayit
“into the house”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-BA-yit
- Extended
- ehl-ha-BAH-yit
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haˈba.jit/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-ha-BA-yit
- clause
ve-ha-BAA el-ha-BA-yit kol-ye-MEI his-GEER o-TO
- sentence
ve-ha-BAA el-ha-BA-yit kol-ye-MEI his-GEER o-TO yit-MA ad-ha-AA-rev
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el habbayit {אֶל־הַבַּ֔יִת | ʾel hab-bā-yit} introduces direction.
Root and etymology
RootBet–Yod–Tav
“house; dwelling”
In context — Leviticus 14:46
And anyone who enters the house during all the days that he isolates it shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:46:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 14:46, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַבַּ֔יִת (elhabayit) 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.14.46.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.46.W2.S1) and character.