Zechariah 14:21:17Zech.14.21.W17TAB
בְּבֵית־יְהוָ֥ה
bevetyehovah
“in the house of the LORD”
- Transliteration
- be-VET-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- beh-VEET-yeh-hoh-VAH
- IPA
- /bəˈveːt.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the house of the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-VET-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
be-VET-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
- clause
ve-LO-yi-he-YE khe-na-a-NI OD be-VET-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ba-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
ve-ha-YA KAL-siR bi-ru-sha-LA-yim u-vi-hu-DA KO-desh la-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT u-va-U KAL-ha-zoh-ve-KHIM ve-la-KHU me-HEM u-vish-she-LU va-HEM ve-LO-yi-he-YE khe-na-a-NI OD be-VET-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ba-YOM ha-HU
Exegesis
The locative bevetyhwh tsevaot {בְּבֵית־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת | bə-ḇêṯ-Yə-hō-wāh ṣə-ḇā-ʾōṯ} and temporal bayom hahu {בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא | bā-yôm hā-hû} frame the scene in space and time, emphasizing total consecration and removal of outsiders.
Root and etymology
Rootheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Zechariah 14:21
And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holiness to the LORD of hosts ; and all who sacrifice shall come, take of them, and boil in them. And there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts on that day.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:21:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Zechariah 14:21, so the Hebrew word בְּבֵית־יְהוָ֥ה (bevetyehovah) 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 Zech.14.21.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.21.W17.S1) and character.