1 Kings 15:12:81 Kgs.15.12.W8TAB
אֲבֹתָֽיו׃
avotav
“his fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-TAV
- Extended
- ah-voh-TAAV
- IPA
- /ʔăvoˈtaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- his fathers
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-vo-TAV
- clause
va-ya-SAR et-kol-ha-gi-lu-LIM a-SHER a-SU a-vo-TAV
- sentence
va-ya-a-VER ha-ke-de-SHIM min-ha-A-rets va-ya-SAR et-kol-ha-gi-lu-LIM a-SHER a-SU a-vo-TAV
Exegesis
The compound et-kol-hagillulim {אֶת־כָּל־הַגִּלֻּלִים | ’et-kōl-hagillûlîm} introduces all the idols, and the relative clause asher asu avotav {אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֲבֹתָיו | ’ăšer ’āśû ’ăvōṯāw} attributes their making to previous generations, underscoring the king’s resolve against ancestral idolatry.
Root and etymology
ʾ-valeph–bet
“father”
In context — 1 Kings 15:12
And he removed the male shrine prostitutes from the land, and he took away all the idols that his fathers had made.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 15:12, so the Hebrew word אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ (avotav) 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.15.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.12.W8.S1) and character.