1 Chronicles 17:13:31 Chr.17.13.W3TAB
לְאָ֔ב
leav
“as a father”
- Transliteration
- le-AV
- Extended
- leh-AAV
- IPA
- /ləˈʔaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a father
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-AV
- phraseyour reading level
e-he-YE-LO le-AV
- clause
a-NI e-he-YE-LO le-AV ve-HU yi-he-YE-LI le-VEN
- sentence
a-NI e-he-YE-LO le-AV ve-HU yi-he-YE-LI le-VEN ve-khas-DI lo-a-SIR me-i-MO ka-a-SHER ha-si-ro-TI me-a-SHER ha-YA le-fa-NE-kha
Exegesis
Each clause uses a prepositional construct—le’av {לְאָב | lə-’āb} ‘as a father’ parallel to leven {לְבֵן | lə-wên} ‘as a son’—to establish mutual filial status.
Root and etymology
’-baleph–bet
“father”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:13
I will be to him as a father, and he will be to me as a son. And my steadfast love I will not remove from him, just as I removed it from him who was before you.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 17:13, so the Hebrew word לְאָ֔ב (leav) 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.17.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.13.W3.S1) and character.