בֵּ֣ית

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בֵּ֣ית

   BEIT

   of the house
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְרֹ֣אשׁ בֵּ֣ית אֲבֹותָ֑ם׃

   le-ROSH BEIT a-vo-TAM

   for the head of the house of their fathers.
3. clause🔊 לֵוִ֖י כִּ֣י מַטֵּ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד לְרֹ֣אשׁ בֵּ֣ית אֲבֹותָ֑ם׃

   le-VI KI ma-TEH e-KHAD le-ROSH BEIT a-vo-TAM

   of Levi for a staff one for the head of the house of their fathers.
4. sentence🔊 וְאֵת֙ שֵׁ֣ם אַהֲרֹ֔ן תָּכְתֹּ֖ב עַל־מַטֵּ֑ה לֵוִ֖י כִּ֣י מַטֵּ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד לְרֹ֣אשׁ בֵּ֣ית אֲבֹותָ֑ם׃

   ve-ET SHEM a-ha-RON takh-TOV al-ma-TEH le-VI KI ma-TEH e-KHAD le-ROSH BEIT a-vo-TAM

   and the name Aaron you shall write on the staff of Levi for a staff one for the head of the house of their fathers.

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the causal rationale, leading to matteh echad le-rosh beit avotam {מַטֵּה אֶחָד לְרֹאשׁ בֵּית אֲבֹתָם | mattēh ’eḥāḏ lə-rôš bêt ’ăvôtām}, which specifies that one staff is allotted per tribal head. The compound beit avotam underscores ancestral lineage. The translation preserves Hebrew sequencing to maintain the command’s emphatic and organizational structure.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ב־י־תb-y-t

“house”

• 🔊 בַּיִתbayîṯhouseGenesis 7:1