H1004. bayith

בַּ֫יִת‎₂₀₃₄ noun masculine^{Deuteronomy 8:12} house (Phoenician בת‎, MI בת‎, suffix ביתה‎, Arabic , Aramaic בַּיְתָא‎, Assyrian bîtu, COT^Gloss, Sabean בת בית,‎, fortress DHM^{ZMG 1883, 387}; temple Hal²⁵⁷ DHM^{ZMG 1876, 697}, Ethiopic Palmyrene in מקברתא בת עלמא, בת‎ sepulchre Vog^{32, 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 Mei^{Archaeology 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 Dr^{Sm 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 ?); ᵐ5‎^L στολάς; compare Ew^{H 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 (Ew^{H 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 & Sta^{ZAW 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 Lag^{Armen. Stud. § 339; Se i. 51; GGA 1884, 276}. **On בְּ‎ as abbreviated בית‎ see Wetzst^{Hauran 110} Kampffmeyer^{ZPV xv (1892). 111}.

הַגָּן בֵּית‎ proper name, of a location? ᵐ5‎ Βαιθαν (Βαιατγαν), ᵐ5‎^L Βαιθωρων, 2 Kings 9:27; modern Jenîn? see גַּן‎, below גנן‎, and גַּנִּים עֵין‎; compare Sta^{Gesch i. 542}.

כלוא‎ Kt, כְּלִיא‎ Qr noun [masculine] id.; — הַכּ ׳בֵּית‎ Jeremiah 37:4; 52:31 (see כֶּלֶא‎ above)

[בַּ֫יִת‎]₄₄ noun masculine^{Ezra 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 (Baer^n., 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.