Proverbs 9:14:3Prov.9.14.W3TAB
בֵּיתָ֑הּ
beta
“her house”
- Transliteration
- be-TA
- Extended
- beh-TAA
- IPA
- /beːˈtaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- her house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-TA
- clause
ve-ya-SHE-va le-PE-takh be-TA
- sentence
ve-ya-SHE-va le-PE-takh be-TA al-ki-SE me-ro-ME KA-ret
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lepetach beitah {לְפֶ֣תַח בֵּיתָ֑הּ | lə-pə-ṯaḥ bē-ṯāh} specifies “at the entrance of her house.”
Root and etymology
Rootbet yod tav
“house, dwelling”
In context — Proverbs 9:14
She sits at the entry of her house, on a seat in the heights of the town .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 9:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 9:14, so the Hebrew word בֵּיתָ֑הּ (beta) 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 Prov.9.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.9.14.W3.S1) and character.