1 Chronicles 17:11:51 Chr.17.11.W5TAB
עִם־אֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ
imavotekha
“with your fathers”
- Transliteration
- im-a-VO-te-kha
- Extended
- ihm-ah-VOH-teh-khaa
- IPA
- /ʕim.ʔăvoːˈθɛjxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with your fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-a-VO-te-kha
- phraseyour reading level
la-LE-khet im-a-VO-te-kha
- clause
ve-ha-YA ki-MA-le-u ya-ME-kha la-LE-khet im-a-VO-te-kha va-ha-ki-MO-ti et-ZAR-a-kha a-kha-RE-kha a-SHER yih-YE mi-BA-ne-kha
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-MA-le-u ya-ME-kha la-LE-khet im-a-VO-te-kha va-ha-ki-MO-ti et-ZAR-a-kha a-kha-RE-kha a-SHER yih-YE mi-BA-ne-kha va-ha-khi-NO-ti et-mal-KHU-to
Exegesis
The infinitive lalechet im-avotekha {לָלֶכֶת עִם־אֲבֹתֶיךָ | lā-le-ḵeṯ ʿim-’a-vo-te-ḵā} functions idiomatically as “to go to the ancestors,” a euphemism for death.
Root and etymology
א־ב
“father”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:11
And it will be when your days are fulfilled to go with your fathers, that I will raise up your offspring after you, who will be of your sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 17:11, so the Hebrew word עִם־אֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ (imavotekha) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.17.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.11.W5.S1) and character.