Leviticus 14:48:11Lev.14.48.W11TAB
אֶת־הַבָּ֑יִת
ethabayit
“the house”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-BA-yit
- Extended
- EET-hah-BAH-yeet
- IPA
- /ʔeːt habˈbajit/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
et-ha-BA-yit
- phraseyour reading level
ih-TOH-akh et-ha-BA-yit
- clause
veh-im-BOH ya-VOH ha-ko-HEN veh-rah-AA veh-hi-NEH loh-FA-sah ha-NE-ga ba-BA-yit a-kha-REI ih-TOH-akh et-ha-BA-yit
- sentence
veh-im-BOH ya-VOH ha-ko-HEN veh-rah-AA veh-hi-NEH loh-FA-sah ha-NE-ga ba-BA-yit a-kha-REI ih-TOH-akh et-ha-BA-yit veh-ti-HAR ha-ko-HEN et-ha-BA-yit ki nir-PA ha-NA-ga
Exegesis
The temporal clause acharei hittoach et ha-bayit {אַחֲרֵי הִטֹּחַ אֶת־הַבָּיִת | aḥ·rê hiṭ·ṭō·aḥ ʼeṯ-ha·ba·yīt} ‘after the house was plastered’ provides contextual framing.
Root and etymology
RootBet–Yod–Tav
“house; dwelling”
In context — Leviticus 14:48
And if the priest enters and observes that the affliction has not spread in the house after it has been plastered, then he shall pronounce the house clean because the affliction has been healed.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:48:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 14:48, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַבָּ֑יִת (ethabayit) 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.14.48.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.48.W11.S1) and character.