Leviticus 22:13:10Lev.22.13.W10TAB
אֶל־בֵּ֤ית
elbeet
“to the house of”
- Transliteration
- el-BEET
- Extended
- EHL-BEET
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈbeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the house of
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-BEET
- phraseyour reading level
el-BEET a-VI-ha
- clause
oo-vat-ko-HEN KI tih-YEH al-ma-NA oo-ge-ru-SHA ve-ZE-ra EIN LAH ve-sha-VA el-BEET a-VI-ha kin-oo-RE-ha mil-LE-khem a-VI-ha to-KHEL
- sentence
oo-vat-ko-HEN KI tih-YEH al-ma-NA oo-ge-ru-SHA ve-ZE-ra EIN LAH ve-sha-VA el-BEET a-VI-ha kin-oo-RE-ha mil-LE-khem a-VI-ha to-KHEL ve-khol-ZAR lo-yo-KHAL BO
Exegesis
The sequence vê-šā-bâh ʾel-bêt ʾā-vî-hâ kên-ʿû-rê-hâ {וְשָׁבָ֞ה אֶל־בֵּ֤ית אָבִ֙יהָ֙ כִּנְעוּרֶ֔יהָ | vê-šā-bâh ʾel-bêt ʾā-vî-hâ kên-ʿû-rê-hâ} ‘and she returns to her father’s house as in her youth’ employs the comparative element kî within kên-ʿû-rê-hâ.
In context — Leviticus 22:13
If a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or is divorced and has no offspring and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat from her father’s food; but no outsider shall eat of it.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 22:13, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בֵּ֤ית (elbeet) 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.22.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.13.W10.S1) and character.