Numbers 26:2:9Num.26.2.W9TAB
לְבֵית־אֲבֹתָם
leveitavotam
“by their fathers’ house”
- Transliteration
- le-VEIT-a-vo-TAM
- Extended
- leh-VEIT-ah-voh-TAAM
- IPA
- /lɛveːt.ʔavoˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- by their fathers’ 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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
le-VEIT-a-vo-TAM
- sentence
se-U ET-ROSH KOL-a-DAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL mi-BEN es-RIM sha-NA va-ma-LA le-VEIT-a-vo-TAM KOL-yo-TSE tsa-VA be-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase l’veyt avotam {לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם | lə·vēyt ʾǎ·vō·tām} ‘by the house of their fathers’ reflects patrilineal organization.
Root and etymology
Rootb-t
“daughter”
In context — Numbers 26:2
Lift up the heads of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by the house of their fathers; all who go out to the army in Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 26:2, so the Hebrew word לְבֵית־אֲבֹתָם (leveitavotam) 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.26.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.2.W9.S1) and character.