Lexical Summary bayith: a house Original Word: בּיִתTransliteration: bayith Phonetic Spelling: (bah'-yith) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a house Meaning: a house Strong's Concordance court, door, dungeon, family, forth of, great as would contain, hangings, Probably from banah abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) -- court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out). see HEBREW banah Brown-Driver-Briggs H1004. bayith בַּ֫יִת2034 noun masculineDeuteronomy 8:12 house (Phoenician בת, MI בת, suffix ביתה, Arabic , Aramaic בַּיְתָא, Assyrian bîtu, COTGloss, Sabean בת בית,, fortress DHMZMG 1883, 387; temple Hal257 DHMZMG 1876, 697, Ethiopic Palmyrene in מקברתא בת עלמא, בת sepulchre Vog32, 64 and others; etymology dubious; Thes √ בות, Aramaic בּוּת, spend the night, Arabic Ethiopic but this perhaps denominative, & בית from √ לר֞ with ת afform. compare Sta§187 a) — absolute בַּיִת Exodus 12:30 +; בָּ֑יִת Genesis 33:17 +; בַּ֫יְתָה (ָ ה locative) Psalm 68:7 +; construct בֵּית Genesis 12:15 +; suffix בֵּיתִי 15:2 +; בֵּיתְךָ 7:1 +, etc.; בַּיְתָה הַבַּ֫יְתָה, (in) to the house, homeward, 19:10; Psalm 68:7 +; also בֵּ֫יתָה (in)to the house of ...; plural בָּֽתִּים Exodus 1:21 + (i.e. bâttîm, see Nö in MeiArchaeology i. 456 f., compare Ges§ 96); construct בָּֽתֵּי 8:17 +; suffix בָּתֶּיךָ 10:6; בָּֽתָּיו 1 Chronicles 28:11; בָּֽתֵּינוּ Exodus 12:27 +; בָּֽתֵּיכֶם Genesis 42:19; בָּתֵּיהֶם Numbers 16:32 +; (בָּֽתֵּ֫ימוֺ Psalm 49:12), etc.; — 1 house, a. as dwelling habitation Genesis 19:2-3, 4, 11; 27:15; 33:17 (object of בָּנָה) Exodus 12:7 + often; ׳בּ מוֺשַׁב Leviticus 25:29 (compare לְשִׁבְתִּי בַּיִת 2 Samuel 7:5); בֵּית = in the house of, when modifying word follows, compare DrSm 29, n. 2 (after stative construct חוּץ מוֺלֶדֶת אוֺ בַּיִת מוֺלֶדֶת Leviticus 19:9); e.g. ׳בּ אָבִיךָ Genesis 24:23; ׳בּ אִישָׁהּ Numbers 30:11 ׳בּ יהוה 2 Kings 23:24; so in proper name ביתאל Amos 7:13; (ה)בַּ֫יְתָה into the house, home Exodus 9:19 (of man & beast) compare, Judges 19:18; 1 Samuel 6:7 (compare 6:10) 1 Kings 13:7, 15; Psalm 68:7; Isaiah 14:17 etc.; compare below 7 below; partic (α) in J occasionally of tent Genesis 27:15; compare 33:17 (with בנה; here of nomad's hut); usually (β) house of solid materials, with doorposts, etc. Exodus 12:7; Deuteronomy 6:9; 11:20, walls Leviticus 14:37, 39, of stones, timber & mortar 14:45 (compare 14:40; 14:42; 14:43); so also Joshua 2:15; supported by pillars Judges 16:26f.; with roof on which one could walk 2 Samuel 11:12 etc.; see especially temple and king's house in Jerusalem 1 Kings 5-7 etc.; compare Song of Solomon 1:7; Jeremiah 22:14; of Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40f.; סְפוּנִים בָּֽתֵּכֶם of luxurious houses Haggai 1:4; טֹבִים בָּֽתִּים בנה Deuteronomy 8:12; בַּיִתחָֿדָשׁ בּנה 20:5; compare 22:8; also with בנה 28:30 + often; (γ) construct before word of material, ׳בּ אֲרָזִים 2 Samuel 7:2, 7 = 1 Chronicles 17:1 (׳בּ ׳הַא) 17:6; ׳בּ הַשֵּׁן 1 Kings 22:39 compare Amos 3:15; ׳בּ גָּזִית house of hewn stone 5:11; compare הַלְּבָנוֺן יַעַר בֵּית 1 Kings 7:2; 2 Chronicles 9:20, הַיַּעַר בֵּית Isaiah 22:8; (δ) also before word of quality or characteristic, אֵבֶל בֵּית Ecclesiastes 7:2 "" ׳בּ מִשְׁתֶּה 7:4 "" ׳בּ שִׂמְחָה; ׳בּ מַרְזֵחַ Jeremiah 16:5; ׳בּ מִשְׁתֶּה 16:8; חֶמְדָּתֵךְ בָּֽתֵּי Ezekiel 26:12; תַּעֲנֻגֶי֑הָ בֵּית Micah 2:9; compare ׳בּ מְרִי rebellious house below 5. d below; (ε) in combinations, of structures for various purposes: — (1) הַמֶּלֶךְ בֵּית = palace 1 Kings 9:1, 10; 10:12 +, etc.; מַמְלָכָה בֵּית Amos 7:13 compare below 2 below; ׳בּ הַמַּלְכוּת Esther 5:1; compare 2:16; ׳בּ לְמַלְכוּתוֺ2Chron 1:18; (2) הַסֹּהַר בֵּית = the prison Genesis 39:20 (twice in verse); 39:21-22, (twice in verse); 39:23; 40:3, 5; compare ׳בּ מִשְׁמַרְכֶם 42:19; ׳בּ מִשְׁמֶרֶת 2 Samuel 20:3; הָאָסוּר ׳בּ Jeremiah 37:15; ׳בּ הָאֲסיּרים Judges 16:21, 25; ׳בּ הָסֿוּרִים Ecclesiastes 4:14; ׳בּ הַכֶּלֶא 1 Kings 22:27; 2 Kings 17:4; 2 Chronicles 18:26; Jeremiah 37:15, 18 compare Isaiah 42:7; ׳בּ כֶּלֶא 2 Kings 25:27; ׳בּ הַמַּהְמֶּכֶת2 Chronicles 16:10; ׳בּ הַכְּליּ֯א Jeremiah 37:4; 52:31; כְלָאִים בָּֽתֵּי Isaiah 42:22; בֵּיתהַֿבּוֺר Jeremiah 37:16; ׳בּ הַמְּקֻדּוֺת 52:31; -3הַנָּשִׁים בֵּית house of the women, harem Esther 2:9, 11, 13, 14; -4׳בּ הַיַּיִן מִשְׁתֵּה 7:8; ׳בּ הַיָּ֑יִן Song of Solomon 2:4; compare מָשׂוֺשׂ בָּֽתֵּי Isaiah 32:13; -5הַחֹרֶף בֵּית Amos 3:15; Jeremiah 36:22; בּ ׳הַקָּ֑יִץ Amos 3:15; -6נְכֹתֹה בֵּית & כֵּלָיו בֵּית 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:2; -7הַגָּן בֵּית garden-h. (or proper name? compare p. III) 2 Kings 9:27; -8בֵּיתעֵֿקֶד binding-h. (or proper name?) 10:12, 14; -9בֵּיתעֲבָדִים h. of slaves (where slaves live), only figurative of Egypt Exodus 13:3, 14; 20:2; Deuteronomy 5:6; 6:12; 7:8; 8:14; 13:6; 13:11; Joshua 24:17; Judges 6:8; Micah 6:4; Jeremiah 34:13; — on ׳בּ הַחָפְשִׁית 2 Kings 15:5 2 Chronicles 26:21 compare חפשׁית; especially (10) י ׳בֵּית = temple 1 Kings 7:12, 40, 45, 51 & very often; also (mostly late) הָאֱלֹהִים בֵּית 1 Chronicles 9:11, 13, 26 + often; but also of earlier tent of worship Judges 18:31; see also ׳בּ הָאֹהֶל 1 Chronicles 9:23, compare ׳בּ אֱלֹהִים of local shrine 17:5; & also in mouth of Jacob, as explanation of name of Bethel Genesis 28:17 (compare 28:19), & as name of stone, or MaÁÁeba 28:22 = (all E); also ׳ב ׳י of earlier tent of worship Judges 19:18; 1 Samuel 1:7, 24; 2 Samuel 12:20 (compare further יהוה אֱלֹהִים,); ׳בּ הָאוֺצָר Malachi 3:10; compare הַבַּיִת הֵיכַל 1 Kings 6:3, & ׳בּ alone in same sense, especially 1 Kings 6 compare 2 Chron 1:18; 2 Chronicles 2:3; 2:11 +; see 1 Chronicles 28:2 אֱלֹהֵינוּ רַגְלֵי וְלַהֲדֹם ׳בּ בְּרִיתיֿ לַאֲרוֺן ׳מְנוּחָה; also הַקֹּדֶשׁ בֵּית 29:3; הַקֳּדָשִׁים ׳בּ קֹדֶשׁ2 Chronicles 3:8, 10 ׳בּ וְתִפְאַרְתֵּנוּ קָדְשֵׁנוּ Isaiah 64:10; בֵּיתזְֿבֻל2 Chronicles 6:2; זָ֑בַח בֵּית7:12 מִקְדָּשָׁם בֵּית36:17; ׳בּ תְּפִלָּה Isaiah 56:7 (twice in verse); ׳בּ תִּפְאַרְתִּי 60:7; also of heathen temples ׳ב בַּעַלבְּֿרִית Judges 9:4; דָּֿגוֺן׳ב 1 Samuel 5:5 ׳ב עַשְׁתָּרוֺת 31:10; ׳ב רִמּוֺן 2 Kings 5:18 (3 t. in verse); ׳ב הַבַּעַל 10:21 (twice in verse); 10:23, 25, 26, 27; 11:18; ׳בּ עֲצַבֵּיהֶם 1 Samuel 31:9 (but read rather אתעֿצביהם as in "" 1 Chronicles 10:9 so ᵐ5 We Dr); בָּמוֺת בֵּית 1 Kings 12:31 (compare MI במת בת) see also 13:32; 2 Kings 17:29, 32; אֱלֹהָיו אוֺצַר בֵּית Daniel 1:2 etc.; made of woven material 2 Kings 23:7; לָאֲשֵׁרָה בָּֽתִּים שָׁם אֹרְגוֺת הַנָּשִׁים אֲשֶׁר perhaps = tent-shrines but text dubious ᵐ5 χεττιεῖν (כתנות ?); ᵐ5L στολάς; compare EwH iii.718 & Klo; (ζ) of portion of larger building (late), so plural בָּֽתָּיו 1 Chronicles 28:11 i.e. of the temple ("" חֲדָרָיו עֲלִיֹּתָיו, גַּנְזַכָּיו,); compare ׳בּ הַכַּמֹּרֶת ib.; ׳בּ הַמְֿבַשְּׁלִים Ezekiel 46:24. b. as shelter or abode of animals 1 Samuel 6:7, 10 compare Exodus 9:19; עַכָּבִישׁ בֵּית Job 8:14 spider's web (compare בֵּיתוֺ כָעָשׁ בָּנָה 27:18); of wild ass 39:6 בֵיתוֺ עֲרָבָה שַׂמְתִּי; בַּיִת מָֽצְאָה צִמּוֺר Psalm 84:4 ("" קֵן); בֵּיתָהּ בְּרוֺשִׁים חֲסִידָה 104:17 (compare "" & Che); Proverbs 30:26 (of the שְׁפַנִּים 'conies'). c. figurative of human bodies בָּֽתֵּיחֹֿמֶר Job 4:19 houses of clay, compare in phrase הַבַּיִת שֹׁמְרֵי Ecclesiastes 12:3 keepers of the house, i.e. the arms; see further מְגוּרָ֑י בֵּית Psalm 119:54. d. of sh®°ôl, בֵּיתִי שְׁאוֺל Job 17:13, compare לְכָלחָֿ֑י מוֺעֵד בֵּית 30:23 ("" מָוֶת); עוֺלָמוֺ בֵּית Ecclesiastes 12:5 (perhaps = tomb, see De). e. of abode of light & darkness Job 38:20. f. of land of Ephraim as ׳בּ יהוה Hosea 8:1; 9:15 (compare י ׳אֶרֶץ 9:3). 2 place, of Jerusalem אֲבֹתַי קִבְרוֺת בֵּית Nehemiah 2:3 ("" עִיר 2:5), compare also proper name compounded with בֵּית, below, & מַמְלָכָה בֵּית Amos 7:13 (predicate of Bethel); נְתִיבוֺת בֵּית Proverbs 8:2 i.e. where paths meet RV; ׳בּ אֲבָנִים Job 8:17; on both these see בֵּית below [בַּיִן] בֵּין p. 108. 3 receptacle, סָאתַיִם כְּבֵית תְּעָלָה 1 Kings 18:32 a trench like a receptacle of two seahs; נֶפֶשׁ בָּֽתֵּי Isaiah 3:20 i.e. vials of perfume; especially לְבַדִּים בָּֽתִּים Exodus 25:27 holders for the staves, i.e. rings, טַבָּעֹת ib.; so 37:14, 27; 38:5; compare לַבְּרִיחִם בָּֽתִּים 26:29; 36:34 holders for the bars (all P, & all explained by טבעת); סָבִיב בֵּיתלָֿהּ Ezekiel 1:27 (si vera lectio) its [construct as Psalm 58:5] house (= enclosing cage) was round about (strike out B Hi Co). 4 of house as containing a family, hence in phrase of slaves belonging to household בֵיתוֺ יְלִידֵי Genesis 14:14; compare 17:12 (opposed to מִקְנַתכֶּֿסֶף) 17:13 (all "" id.) figurative of Israel Jeremiah 2:14 ("" עֶבֶד); compare בֶּןבֵּֿיתִי Genesis 15:3; לִי הָיָה בְּנֵיבַֿיִת Ecclesiastes 2:7 (as token of wealth & prosperity); also of one's sister בַּיִת מוֺלֶדֶת Leviticus 18:19 ("" ׳מ חוּץ compare below); בֵיתוֺ אַנְשֵׁי Genesis 17:27; בּ ׳נַפְשׁוֺת 36:6; לְבֵיתיַֿעֲקֹב כָּלהַֿנֶּפֶשׁ 46:27. Hence 5 household, family (592 t.) a. ordinary sense, those belonging to the same household Genesis 7:1; 12:1, 17 +, Deuteronomy 6:22; 11:6 +; Hexateuch mostly J D; E Genesis 35:2; 42:33; 50:22 compare Exodus 1:21 below; P Genesis 36:6; Exodus 1:1; 12:4; Leviticus 16:6, 11, 17; Numbers 16:32; 18:31; Joshua 22:15; even where expressly said to inhabit tents Numbers 16:32; Deuteronomy 11:6 וְאֶתאָֿהֳלֵיהֶם אֶתבָּֽֿתֵּיהֶם; specifically ׳זְקַןבּֿ Genesis 24:2; compare 50:7 (of rank & dignity in household); of a family of handicraftsmen הַבֻּץ בֵּיתעֲֿבֹדַת מִשְׁמְּחוֺת 1 Chronicles 4:21 (see בוץ); also, with figurative of house clearly in mind בּ ׳מִשְׁקֹלֶת 2 Kings 21:13; בּ ׳מַפְתֵּחַ Isaiah 22:22. b. family of descendants, descendants as organized body Genesis 18:19 (J "" בָּנִים) +, & so with בָּנָה (q. v.) בּ ׳יִבְנֶה אחיו Deuteronomy 25:9 compare Ruth 4:11 &, subject בּ ׳בָּנָה לְ ׳י, 2 Samuel 7:27 = 1 Chronicles 17:10, 25; also 1 Samuel 2:35; 1 Kings 11:38 (both ׳בּ נֶאֱמָן), so בּ ׳עשׂה לְ 2 Samuel 7:11; 1 Kings 2:24; also plural בָּֽתִּים לָהֶם וַיַּעַשׂ Exodus 1:21; ב ׳עשׂה לְ נֶאֱמָן 1 Samuel 25:28; compare especially with proper name, e.g. c. שָׁאוּל בֵּית 2 Samuel 3:1 (twice in verse); 3:6 (twice in verse); 3:8, 10; 9:1-2, 3, 9; 16:5 (בּ ׳משׁפחת ׳שׁ) 16:8; 19:18 (compare 21:1 where read דָמִים בֵּיתֹה וְאֶלֿ so ᵐ5 We Dr) 1 Chronicles 12:29; דָּוִד בֵּית 2 Samuel 3:1, 6; 7:26 = 1 Chronicles 17:24 (compare context in both), 1 Kings 12:19 2 Chronicles 10:19, 2 Chronicles 10:20; 2 Chronicles 10:26; 13:2; 14:8; 2 Kings 17:21; Isaiah 7:2, 13; 22:22; Jeremiah 21:12; Zechariah 12:7-8, 10, 12 (בּ ׳משׁפחת ׳דּ) 2 Chronicles 21:7; Psalm 122:5; ׳בּ יָרָבְעָם 1 Kings 13:34; 14:10 (twice in verse); 14:13-14, 15:29; 16:3; 21:22; 2 Kings 9:9; 13:6; ׳בּ אַחְאָב 8:18, 27 (3 t. in verse) (of Ahaziah בּ ׳חֲתַן ׳א), 9:7-8, 9; 10:10-11, 21:13; Micah 6:16; 2 Chronicles 21:6; 21:13; 22:3; 22:4; 22:7; 22:8; etc. d. especially of Hebrew people & subdivisions: (α) יִשְׂחָ֑ק בֵּית Amos 7:16; (β) ׳בּ עֵשָׂו Obadiah 18 (twice in verse); (γ) יַעֲקֹב בֵּית Genesis 46:27 (P) Exodus 19:3 (E) Amos 3:13; 9:8; Micah 2:7; 3:9; Obadiah 17, 18; Isaiah 8:17; 10:20; 14:1; 29:22; 46:3; 48:1; 58:1; Jeremiah 2:4; 5:20; Psalm 114:1; also בּ ׳זֶרַע יעקב Ezekiel 20:5 (strike out Co); most frequently (δ) יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּית (Vrss & variant reading sometimes בני see בֵּן) Hexateuch Exodus 16:31; 40:38; Leviticus 10:6; Numbers 20:29 (all P) Leviticus 17:3, 8, 10; 22:18 (H) Joshua 21:43 (D) ; 1 Samuel 7:2 8t. Samuel Kings; Hosea 1:4, 6; 5:1; 6:10; 12:1; Amos 5:1 7t. Amos; Micah 1:5; 3:1, 9; Isaiah 5:7; 14:2, also 46:3; 63:7; Zechariah 8:13 ; but especially Jeremiah 2:4, 26 17t. Jeremiah; Ezekiel 3:1, 4, 5, 7 (twice in verse); 3:17 75t. Ezekiel; also בּ ׳זֶרַע יִשְׂרָאֵל Jeremiah 23:8; Ezekiel 44:22 (Co strike out ׳בּ); יִשְׂרָאֵל בָֽתֵּי שְׁנֵי Isaiah 8:14; וִיהוּדָה יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּית Ezekiel 9:9 + 25:8 Co; futher מְרִי בֵּית rebellious house (of Israel) 2:5-6, 3:9, 26, 27; 12:2-3, & ׳בּ הַמֶּ֑רִי 2:8; 12:2, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3 [+ 44:6 Co]; (ε) יְהוּדָה בֵּית 2 Samuel 2:4, 7, 10, 11; 1 Kings 12:21 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Kings 19:30 = Isaiah 37:31; 22:21; Hosea 1:7; 5:12, 14; Zephaniah 2:7; Zechariah 8:13, 15, 19; 10:3, 6; 12:4, & especially Jeremiah 3:18 9t. Jeremiah; Ezekiel 4:6 4t. Ezekiel + 9:9 above; also ׳בּ וּבִנְיָמִן יְהוּדָה 1 Kings 12:23; ׳בּ יְהוּדָה מֶלֶךְ Jeremiah 21:11; 22:6; (ζ) ׳בּ יוֺסֵף Genesis 50:8; Joshua 17:17; 18:5 (all J E) Judges 1:22-23, 35; 2 Samuel 19:21; 1 Kings 11:28; Amos 5:6; Obadiah 18; Zechariah 10:6; (η) ׳בּ אֶפְרַיִם Judges 10:9; (θ) ׳בּ בִּנְיָמִן 2 Samuel 3:19 compare 1 Kings 12:23 above; (ι) ׳בּ יִשָּׂשכָר 15:27; (κ) ׳בּ לֵוִי Exodus 2:1 (E) Numbers 17:23 (P) Zechariah 12:13 (ב ׳משׁפחת ׳ל), Psalm 135:20; & (λ) ׳בּ אַהֲרֹן 115:10; 115:12; 118:3; 135:19. e. technically, yet with some looseness of usage, אָב בֵּית father's house, of family or clan, plural אָבוֺת בֵּית father-houses, families (e.g. Numbers 1:2) (79 t.; only P & Chronicles) Exodus 6:14; 12:3; Numbers 1:2, 4, 18 41t. Numbers; Joshua 22:14 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 4:38; 5:13 25t. Chronicles; Ezra 2:59; 10:16; Nehemiah 7:61; 10:35; = tribe Numbers 17:17 (twice in verse); Numbers 17:18; Numbers 17:21; = main division of tribe Numbers 3:20, 24 +, compare 34:14 (twice in verse) etc.; futher sub-division Exodus 12:3; 1 Chronicles 7:2, 7 +; compare especially 23:11 Jeush and Beriah had not many sons, therefore they became אֶחָ֑ת לִפְקֻדָּה אָב לְבֵית (compare אבות ראשׁי, below אב). 6 house, including household affairs, persons, property, etc. עַלבֵּֿיתוֺ וַיַּפְקִדֵהוּ Genesis 39:4 compare בְּבֵיתוֺ 39:5; עַלבֵּֿיתוֺ אֲשֶׁר 44:1, 4; hence הבית על אשׁר as title of governor of the palace (EwH iii. 269) Isaiah 22:15; 36:3 compare 1 Kings 4:6; 2 Kings 15:5; in Israel 1 Kings 16:9; 18:3; 2 Kings 10:5: further 2 Samuel 17:23; 2 Kings 20:1 = Isaiah 38:1; hence of personal property 1 Kings 13:8 בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ אֶתחֲֿצִי אִםתִּֿתֶּןלִֿי; family and property (everything on which one depends) Job 8:15. 7 בָּ֑יְתָה בַּ֫יְתָה,, literally housewards, hence metaphor inwards, Exodus 28:26 = 39:19 (that is, of the ephod), 1 Kings 7:25 2 Chronicles 4:4 (that is, of the circle of oxen supporting the molten sea); 2 Samuel 5:9 וָבָ֑יְתָה מִןהַֿמִּלּוֺא from the Millo and inward, Ezekiel 44:17. 8 מִבַּיִת a. adverb on the inside (of a building, chest, etc.: opposed to מִחוּץ) Genesis 6:14; Exodus 25:11 = 37:2; Leviticus 14:41; 1 Kings 6:15-16, 7:9; 2 Kings 6:30 (of a person's clothes); Ezekiel 7:15; so with ה locative מִבֲַּ֫יְתָה 1 Kings 6:15 b. לְ מִבֵּית (construct Ges§ 130, 1 n.) preposition within (opposed to לְ מִחוּץ), לַמָּרֹכֶת מִבֵּית within the veil Exodus 26:33; Leviticus 16:2, 12; Numbers 18:7 לַמָּרֹכֶת וּלְמִבֵּית הַמִּזִבֵּחַ לְכָלדְּֿבַר for everything of the altar, and for (that) within the veil; 1 Kings 7:8, 31; (read לַכְּתֵפֹת; see VB & StaZAW 1883, 165); לְ אֶלמִֿבֵּית (after a verb of motion) in within Leviticus 16:15; 2 Kings 11:15 2 Chronicles 23:14.Note. — בית perhaps occurs abbreviated into בּ in proper name בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה q. v. so Thes and others; compare also Aramaic בא = בית in like usage LagArmen. Stud. § 339; Se i. 51; GGA 1884, 276. **On בְּ as abbreviated בית see WetzstHauran 110 KampffmeyerZPV xv (1892). 111. הַגָּן בֵּית proper name, of a location? ᵐ5 Βαιθαν (Βαιατγαν), ᵐ5L Βαιθωρων, 2 Kings 9:27; modern Jenîn? see גַּן, below גנן, and גַּנִּים עֵין; compare StaGesch i. 542. כלוא Kt, כְּלִיא Qr noun [masculine] id.; — הַכּ ׳בֵּית Jeremiah 37:4; 52:31 (see כֶּלֶא above) [בַּ֫יִת]44 noun masculineEzra 6:7 house (Biblical Hebrew בַּ֫יִת); — emphatic בַּיְתָ֫א 5:3 +, תָ֫ה- 5:12; 6:15; construct בֵּית(ֿׅ 4:24; 5:2 +; suffix בַּיְתִי Daniel 4:1 (Baern., compare M§ 76 c; van d. H. Gi בֵּיתִי), בַּיְהֵתּ 2:17 +; plural suffix בָּֽתֵּיכוֺן 2:5; — 1 house, of men : Ezra 6:11 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:5, 17; 3:29; 6:11; of king Ezra 6:4; Daniel 4:4, ׳ב מִשְׁתְּיָא 5:10, ׳ב מִלְכָּא דִּי גִּנְוַיָא Ezra 5:17, compare 7:20 = ׳ב וגו ׳סִפְרַיָא 6:1; ׳ב מִלְכוּ Ezra 4:30 royal residence (of Babylonian ). 2 house of God, temple at Jerusalem Daniel 5:3, 23; Ezra 4:24 28t. Ezra. |