To further complicate matters, the definite article ‫ה‬ ('the') is not realized in writing when following the particles ‫ב‬ ('in'), ‫כ‬ ('like'), and ‫ל‬ ('to').
the form ‫בבית‬ can be interpreted as either ‫ב-בית‬ ('in house') or ‫ב-ה-בית‬ ('in the house').