Every letter of the Hebrew Alefbet has a meaning and is represented concretely and pictographically in its ancient form.
Beit בּית
- Hebrew Letters: bet-yod-tav
- Strong’s Number: H1004
- Concrete Representation: Tent Floorplan (House)
- Concrete Meaning: “To lodge” – The concrete representation of the ‘b’ in beit is a tent floorplan or a house and the concrete representation of the ‘t’ in tav is two crossed sticks meaning a mark or sign.
- Explanation: The “mark of the house” is the name of the patriarch of the family such as “House of Jacob” (cf. Isaiah 2:5). In ancient times, the primary function of the tent was to provide protection and a sleeping area at night.
- Commonly Translated Words: house (1,881x), household (54x), home (25x), within (22x)
- Select Bible Verses: Job 1:4, Job 8:14, Job 8:17, Genesis 6:14, Mark 11:17, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Ephesians 2:19, Psalms 119:9-16
Job 1:4
1:4 His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Job 8:14
8:14 whose confidence will break apart, whose trust is a spider’s web.
Job 8:17
8:17 His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
Genesis 6:14
6:14 Make an ark of gopher wood. You will make rooms in the ark, and will seal it inside and outside with pitch.
Mark 11:17
11:17 He taught, saying to them, “Isn’t it written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?’ But you have made it a den of robbers!”
2 Corinthians 5:1
5:1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
Ephesians 2:19
2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and of the household of God
Psalms 119:9-16
Psalm 119 is one of several acrostic poems found in the Bible. Its 176 verses are divided into 22 stanzas, one for each of the 22 characters that make up the Hebrew alphabet. In the Hebrew text, each of the eight verses of each stanza begins with the same Hebrew letter.
בַּמֶּ֣ה יְזַכֶּה־נַּ֖עַר אֶת־אָרְח֑וֹ לִ֜שְׁמֹ֗ר כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ
119:9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
בְּכָל־לִבִּ֥י דְרַשְׁתִּ֑יךָ אַל־תַּ֜שְׁגֵּ֗נִי מִמִּצְוֹתֶֽיךָ
119:10 With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
בְּלִבִּי צָפַ֣נְתִּי אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ לְ֜מַ֗עַן לֹ֣א אֶֽחֱטָא־לָֽךְ
119:11 I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
בָּר֖וּךְ אַתָּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֗ה לַמְּדֵ֥נִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ
119:12 Blessed are you, YHWH. Teach me your statutes.
בִּשְׂפָתַ֥י סִפַּ֑רְתִּי כֹּ֜֗ל מִשְׁפְּטֵי־פִֽיךָ
119:13 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
בְּדֶ֖רֶךְ עֵֽדְוֹתֶ֥יךָ שַׂ֗שְׂתִּי כְּעַ֣ל כָּל־הֽוֹן
119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
בְּפִקּוּדֶ֥יךָ אָשִׂ֑יחָה וְ֜אַבִּ֗יטָה אֹֽרְחֹתֶֽיךָ
119:15 I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
בְּחֻקֹּתֶ֥יךָ אֶֽשְׁתַּֽעֲשָׁ֑ע לֹ֖א אֶשְׁכַּ֣ח דְּבָרֶֽךָ {פ}
119:16 I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.