1 Kings 13:12:31 Kgs.13.12.W3TAB
אֲבִיהֶ֔ם
aveehem
“their father”
- Transliteration
- a-VEE-HEM
- Extended
- ah-VEE-HEM
- IPA
- /ʔă.viːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their father
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VEE-HEM
- clause
SAID a-le-HEM a-VEE-HEM EH-ZEH ha-DE-rekh ha-LAKH
- sentence
SAID a-le-HEM a-VEE-HEM EH-ZEH ha-DE-rekh ha-LAKH va-yir-OO ba-NAV et-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER ha-LAKH EESH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA
In context — 1 Kings 13:12
And their father spoke to them, “Which is the way he went?” And his sons showed the way that the man of God who came from Judah went.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 13:12, so the Hebrew word אֲבִיהֶ֔ם (aveehem) 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 Kgs.13.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.12.W3.S1) and character.