1 Kings 14:15:161 Kgs.14.15.W16TAB
לַאֲב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם
laavotehem
“to their fathers”
- Transliteration
- la-a-vo-te-HEM
- Extended
- lah-ah-voh-teh-HEHM
- IPA
- /la.ʔăvoːteːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to their fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
la-a-vo-te-HEM
- clause
ve-hik-KA Ye-ho-VAH et-yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER ya-NUD ha-ka-NE ba-ma-YIM ve-na-TASH et-yis-ra-EL me-AL ha-a-da-MA ha-to-VA ha-ZOT a-SHER na-TAN la-a-vo-te-HEM ve-ze-RAM me-E-ver la-na-HAR
- sentence
ve-hik-KA Ye-ho-VAH et-yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER ya-NUD ha-ka-NE ba-ma-YIM ve-na-TASH et-yis-ra-EL me-AL ha-a-da-MA ha-to-VA ha-ZOT a-SHER na-TAN la-a-vo-te-HEM ve-ze-RAM me-E-ver la-na-HAR ya-AN a-SHER a-SU et-a-she-re-HEM ma-khe-i-SIM et-ye-ho-VAH
In context — 1 Kings 14:15
And the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. And He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave to their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the river, because they made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:15:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 14:15, so the Hebrew word לַאֲב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם (laavotehem) 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.14.15.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.15.W16.S1) and character.