Numbers 2:32:4Num.2.32.W4TAB
לְבֵ֣ית
leveit
“by the house”
- Transliteration
- le-VEIT
- Extended
- leh-VEIT
- IPA
- /ləˈveːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-VEIT
- phraseyour reading level
le-VEIT a-vo-TAM
- clause
E-le pe-ku-DEI ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el le-VEIT a-vo-TAM
- sentence
E-le pe-ku-DEI ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el le-VEIT a-vo-TAM KOL-pe-ku-DEI ha-ma-KHA-not le-tsiv-o-TAM SHESH-me-OT E-lef u-shlo-SHET a-la-FIM va-kha-MESH me-OT va-kha-mi-SHIM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lebeit avotam {לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם | ləḇêyt ʼăḇōṯām} ‘to their ancestral houses’ specifies tribal lineage through a construct chain.
Root and etymology
b-y-tbet-yod-tav
“house”
In context — Numbers 2:32
These are the numberings of the sons of Israel according to their ancestral houses ; the count of the camps by their divisions was six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 2:32, so the Hebrew word לְבֵ֣ית (leveit) 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.2.32.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.32.W4.S1) and character.