בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה
Bêyth hâ-ʻĂrâbâh · bayth haw-ar-aw-baw
Beth-ha-Arabah, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H6160 (עֲרָבָה) with the article interposed; house of the Desert;
Beth-ha-Arabah, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Beth-arabah.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › to reveal, behold › to see and know › the head, the highest › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
The house, what is within of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign that works to reveal, behold that works to see and know of the head, the highest of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of betharabah1 · 33%
- betharabah1 · 33%
- and betharabah1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.