Numbers 16:32:6Num.16.32.W6TAB
וְאֶת־בֵּיתָם
veetbeitam
“and their households”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-bei-TAM
- Extended
- veh-EET-bei-TAAM
- IPA
- /vəˈʔet.beːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their households
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-bei-TAM
- sentence
va-tif-TAKH ha-A-retz et-PI-ha va-tiv-LA o-TAM ve-ET-bei-TAM ve-ET kol-ha-a-DAM a-SHER le-KO-rakh ve-ET kol-ha-re-KHUSH
Exegesis
Each direct object is introduced by the marker et (etpiha {אֶת־פִּ֔יהָ | ʾet-pîhā}, veetbateihem {וְאֶת־בָּתֵּיהֶם | wə-ʾet-battēhēm}, veet {וְאֵ֤ת | wə-ʾēt}, veet2 {וְאֵ֖ת | wə-ʾēt}) and enumerates items swallowed: its mouth, them, their houses, all the people who were with Korah, and all the possessions.
In context — Numbers 16:32
And the earth opened its mouth , and swallowed them, and their houses , and all the people who belonged to Korah, and all the possessions.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:32:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 16:32, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־בֵּיתָם (veetbeitam) 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 Num.16.32.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.32.W6.S1) and character.